Republicans have fallen for the Flashdance Fallacy.

[reformist2]

As the song says, "you can really have it all." Well, maybe *some* of us can. But not all of us. Not even most of us.

The GOP has always been an aspirational party, which is good, but it no longer tolerates other approaches to life that don't involve ambition, materialism, and well, greed. It's totally unrealistic. A party that encourages everyone to take risks is setting most people up to fail. And by taking away the safety net, it's encouraging people to commit suicide.

[LiberalLoner]

1. Frankly I think they do want most of us dead. Resources are going to be scarce - they don't

want us competing with them and their kids for scarce resources.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. Guess Representative Grayson of FL was right when he said in congress the republicans

said if you don't have healthcare then hurry up and die. Funny all the qualities the republicans think they have learned from their bible turns out they don't have that qualities at all.

[porphyrian]

3. "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell is a good book to quote...

...when dealing with pull-yourself-up-by-your-shoestrings types. It basically proves that all of the most successful people have some kind of opportunity that others don't which leads to their success.

[TalkingDog]

4. It's The Chair's fault!