tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post8884962701062630782..comments2024-03-27T19:00:02.499-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: The issue killing the leftUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-29126895105167681412015-11-19T18:40:40.141-05:002015-11-19T18:40:40.141-05:00A study of Milwaukee County in 1988 found governme...<i>A study of Milwaukee County in 1988 found government agencies spending more than $1 billion annually on fighting poverty. If this money had been given in cash to the poor, it would have meant more than $33,000 for each low income family -- well above the poverty level. </i><br /><br />Someone doesn't understand the principle: the goal is not to provide help to the poor, it's to benefit the not-poor in the supply chain.<br /><br />If there were a way to eliminate poverty overnight, an <i>enormous</i> number of people would oppose doing it because of the effect on their own incomes and lifestyles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-72480999234271706752015-11-19T16:55:03.873-05:002015-11-19T16:55:03.873-05:00The big government that costs taxpayers, is the bi...The big government that costs taxpayers, is the bipartisan military, which no one wants to cut. The big government that transgresses fourth amendment boundaries, but is itself secret, was not contemplated by the framers, rather was viewed as the globalized enemy. The major parties form an oligarchy that reaches down into local politics, such as in Wisconsin or Montana. Where the more secretive business and government institutions and the military reside, in the Northeast Corridor, Southern Rim and West Coast is where localities have been colonized, shown in Teachout's campaign for NY governor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com