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Did we lose the war on poverty? Yes because we never fought it. What we should have done is put incentives in place for people to work and remove all incentives for them to not work. Instead what we did was to feed and encourage poverty. It is like trying to put out a fire by throwing gasoline on it. The war on poverty was subverted by politicians to divert funds and to launder money into their pockets and into their party's pockets.

#1 OneGuy on 2022-12-23 09:31 (Reply)

Poverty, including black poverty, was declining when welfare was passed. It was just a big vote buying scheme.

#1.1 mudbug on 2022-12-23 09:59 (Reply)

From the cotton plantation to the government plantation. Work is not required on the government plantation... just keep voting for more plantation.

#1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-12-23 13:28 (Reply)

re Archaeologists Discover Huge Lost Civilization in Guatemala.

I bet they find they all moved to the United States.

#2 feeblemind on 2022-12-23 09:51 (Reply)

My wife and I once took a vacation to a rather unpopulated area of the Yucatán. One day, to break up the monotony of having a huge beautiful beach all to ourselves, we went to see one of the local temples deep in the jungle that was about an hour’s walk from the trail head. When we got to the top of the pyramid the view looked weird because the Yukatan is as flat as a pancake. Then we realized there were unexcavated temples in all directions as far as the eye could see.

#2.1 Paul in Boston on 2022-12-23 11:12 (Reply)

A fire broke out at a grain elevator in Hemlock, Michigan overnight. This is totally coincidental to the 100's of other grain elevator and food production fires in the last 12 months. Nothing to see here. It's fine.

In other news a triple vaxxed 20 something athlete in perfect health died suddenly on the soccer field. Doctors are mystified as to cause of death. One doctor did say that it would have been worse had he not been fully vaccinated.

#3 Anon on 2022-12-23 10:18 (Reply)

Did you ever wonder how it is that if a city tries to clean up a homeless camp that lawyers show up in front of quisling judges and the judge declares that the city can't do that. There are no laws preventing the city from doing it. The constitution is silent on this. But somehow the judge does what quisling judges do and now the city can't do squat to fix the problem. BUT where there are clear and constitutional laws that the government isn't enforcing or making end runs around, like the illegal immigration problem, no supplicant lawyers show up in front of quisling judges to simply demand that the government do it's primary and as many believe only job and that is to enforce the laws and protect the citizens. Where are the lawyers and the legitimate judges on this?

#4 JustMe on 2022-12-23 10:34 (Reply)

Did we lose the war on poverty? Yes and no.

In rural America, the level of poverty is not nearly what it was. When I was a kid, I knew people who had no indoor plumbing, little electricity, and dirt floors. And definitely no telephone. There were people in my little rural hometown who lived in grinding poverty. They paid the doctor's bills with chickens or fresh eggs. It was very small town, so they probably didn't know real hunger. (People did take care of the poor in tath tiny little town.)

Today, when poverty in the US is talked about, it is almost never at that level. They talk about "food insecurity" more than hunger.

#5 Lee Also on 2022-12-23 13:31 (Reply)

Re: Government information being corrupt

It's odd that any industry-sponsored scientific finding is dismissed because "look who funded the study", but nobody ever dismisses government-funded studies the same way. it seems obvious to me that government-funded anything is going to be biased in favor of more government, which would explain why the majority of government employees are Democrats, and should be looked at with a critical eye.

#6 Jerryskids on 2022-12-23 13:39 (Reply)

FBI response to twitter files... That will be the response from every government institution that is caught out on twitter. The institutions want an authoritarian oligarchy, not a democratic republic.

The institutions will spy, lie, cheat, bribe, blackmail, and steal to maintain independence from the public. All hail the uniparty oligarchs.

#7 indyjonesouthere on 2022-12-23 13:39 (Reply)

The person seeming to dither at the automated McDonald's ordering kiosk, the minute your order is pushed out, dashes, grabs, and flees with your food, in 3... 2... 1...

#8 LTC (Ret.) Ted on 2022-12-23 14:07 (Reply)

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Friday, December 23. 2022

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