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Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Ben Sasse, R-Neb. are horrible people *and* mainstream Republicans who represent one of the ugliest American Myths: the undeserving poor
Poor/ working class whites have embraced this
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Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Ben Sasse, R-Neb. are horrible people *and* mainstream Republicans who represent one of the ugliest American Myths: the undeserving poor
Poor/ working class whites have embraced this
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See The Undeserving Poor: America's Enduring Confrontation With Poverty, Michael B. Katz amazon.com/dp/0199933952/
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The Undeserving Poor
Kristina Cooke, David Rhode, and Ryan McNeil
@TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/business/archi…
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Kristina Cooke, David Rhode, and Ryan McNeil
@TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/business/archi…
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The Deserving and Undeserving Poor: A Persistent Frame with Consequences nonprofitquarterly.org/the-deserving-…
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Who are the poor?
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Birth Lottery Winners Expect "Character and Values" Litmus Test for the Poor radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/bir…
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Final points:
Republicans tend to express beliefs and claims that are *projection* -- exposing how they would act, the content of their own character
psychologytoday.com/us/basics/proj…
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Republicans tend to express beliefs and claims that are *projection* -- exposing how they would act, the content of their own character
psychologytoday.com/us/basics/proj…
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Since out senators are mostly very wealthy and corrupt people, they are convinced *everyone* is corrupt and morally bankrupt
However, the undeserving poor narrative itself is false and has been debunked by scholars, only buoyed by deficit ideology inherent in religion
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However, the undeserving poor narrative itself is false and has been debunked by scholars, only buoyed by deficit ideology inherent in religion
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Paradoxical reminder:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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Concepts such as UBI and welfare are acknowledging that *all humans are deserving* and that is why those policies offend conservatives
Republicans are morally and ethically bankrupt, and that they have no moral authority is being highlighted in a crisis
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Republicans are morally and ethically bankrupt, and that they have no moral authority is being highlighted in a crisis
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