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Originally Posted by wil318466
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No matter what you think of him, I don't see how any rational person can not acknowledge Trump is painted in a very confusing light in terms of media coverage.
Some people truly believe he's an idiotic psycho who is fumbling around in the dark. While I can completely understand why people would believe that due to the articles written about him, his background does not support that view.
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I don't think he is being painted in a confusing light by the media. I think the media portrayals of him are indeed confusing, but this is because he is inherently confusing.
I don't know if I think he is a psycho but I definitely believe he is an idiot and is fumbling around in the dark.
I'm not sure why you say his background does not support that view.
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Originally Posted by wil318466
If you made 7.50 an hour and don't really see a way how you could make more than that, I wouldn't be sure you would feel the same way.
After taxes min wage would be, what? 250 a week? What could you do with 250 a week? What kind of housing and clothing and food could you possibly afford on 1000 a month?
The very idea of it is absurd, yet you speculate if someone views welfare as a decent way to live?
You wrote this as a response to my post but it doesn't really respond to my post. I never said anything about whether welfare was a decent way to live or not.
1. Welfare obviously disincentivizes work to some degree, but you have to demonstrate that
a) This matters.
b) The degree is significant.
c) It is not worth it to disincentivize work in order to prevent people from dying on the street
in order to use that as an argument for getting rid of welfare.