Comments on: This Is What’s Wrong With the 99%

By: RJC

RJC — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:04:02 +0000

Keln nailed it. Economist Walter Williams made this point in one of his books not that long ago, that true poverty in America doesn’t really exist in the same sense that it exists in a place like India. But if you try and have this discussion anywhere other than a conservative forum, suddenly you’re a cold-hearted son of a gun. Reality burns, ladies and gents, it burns the leftist heart!

By: NoMoBama

NoMoBama — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:14:54 +0000

“Hillman whose arrest history includes harassment, criminal mischief, public masturbation, grand larceny and assault……………”

But despite his homeless lifestyle, the federal government has paid for and provided an apartment for Hillman in Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing since 2011 in upper Manhattan.

‘Just because he has an apartment doesn’t mean our work is done with him,’ NYC Commissioner of Homeless Services Seth Diamond told USA Today. ‘He is not dressed for the weather, he is not engaged in a healthy lifestyle, and he is not leading a productive life.’

Why should he? He gets everything for freeeee!!! Including his boots.
SO:
A: he’s not homeless
B: he’s not “poor”, no government leech is.
C: he pretends to be homeless and all sorts of idiots give him money on top of all the free everything else.
D: we spend $1 trillion+ a year for people not leading a productive life.

I wonder what percentage of Obama ‘voters’ are not leading a productive life?

So the real cost of Obama’s ‘election’? about $6 trillion

By: Mxymaster

Mxymaster — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:42:54 +0000

It's been 15 years since Heather MacDonald ripped homeless advocacy a new one and no one paid attention. This will all go down the memory hole too.

By: Keln

Keln — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:10:06 +0000

I think this kind of speaks to what type of person the majority of the “unfortunate” are. To be a homeless bum in America, you have to make a lot of bad choices, which speaks to a person’s character. Because, even in this economy, there are just too many opportunities in America for someone willing to work hard and make some sacrifices.

If someone is physically incapable of doing any kind of work, that’s one thing. But I bet the number of people in that category is a very small percentage of the poor.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:30:34 +0000

Give a man a pair of shoes, and he’ll walk for a day.

Teach a man how to make shoes, and he’ll take his business offshore.

By: Thor

Thor — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:19:20 +0000

I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man with no feet. So I took his his shoes. What?! He didn’t need ‘em!

By: Thor

Thor — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:17:44 +0000

Aaaand, it turns out he isn’t homeless. He has a tax-payer subsidized apartment, is on food stamps, etc. O’Reilly covered it last night.

By: Silverfiddle

Silverfiddle — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:50:20 +0000

Definitely an Obama voter…

By: Westing1992

Westing1992 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:22:01 +0000

Man with no shoes: “I was sad I had no shoes until I met the man with no feet.”

Man with no feet: “I was sad I had no feet until I met the man with no shoes. How his feet must hurt!”