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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary Clinton Called People on Welfare "Deadbeats" [View all]
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Hillary Clinton Used To Talk About How The People [Working] Were No Longer Deadbeats
As first lady and senator, Clinton talked repeatedly about the transition from welfare to work as a transition from dependency to dignity.
Bill Clintons overhaul of the welfare system, which was passed in conjunction with a Republican-controlled Congress, replaced a major federal welfare program with block grants to states, required adults to find a job within two years of receiving aid, placed a five-year limit on aid, blocked future legal immigrants from welfare assistance, and cut $24 billion in food stamps. It was denounced by many Democrats, including Peter Edelman, who resigned from his post at the Department of Health and Human Services, arguing that the law would do serious injury to American children.
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Clinton began a column in June 1998 with an anecdote about a mother on welfare whose daughter once came home and said, Mommy, Im tired of seeing you sitting around the house doing nothing.
One day, Rhonda Costas daughter came home from school and announced, Mommy, Im tired of seeing you sitting around the house doing nothing. Thats the day Rhonda decided to get off welfare. Today, Rhonda is an administrative assistant at Salomon Smith Barney, a New York financial services firm. After a year and a half on the job, she earns $29,000 a year with full benefits and stock options.
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In another column, this time in March 2000, Clinton described the transition from welfare to work a transition from dependency to dignity.
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Clinton began a column in June 1998 with an anecdote about a mother on welfare whose daughter once came home and said, Mommy, Im tired of seeing you sitting around the house doing nothing.
One day, Rhonda Costas daughter came home from school and announced, Mommy, Im tired of seeing you sitting around the house doing nothing. Thats the day Rhonda decided to get off welfare. Today, Rhonda is an administrative assistant at Salomon Smith Barney, a New York financial services firm. After a year and a half on the job, she earns $29,000 a year with full benefits and stock options.
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In another column, this time in March 2000, Clinton described the transition from welfare to work a transition from dependency to dignity.
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In a 2002 interview
Clinton also said that people who had moved from welfare to work were no longer deadbeats.
Now that weve said these people are no longer deadbeatstheyre actually out there being productivehow do we keep them there?
Now that weve said these people are no longer deadbeatstheyre actually out there being productivehow do we keep them there?
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"these people are no longer deadbeats—they’re actually...being productive—how do we keep there"
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#7
People on welfare are not deadbeats. They are people in need. And a compassionate nation helps
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#24
It was not useful terminology then unless you were trying to make political points by division.
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#36
Getting off welfare is STILL a good thing. Your insinuation that the OP says otherwise is weak.
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#100
It's really quite straight forward. I will be glad to go thru it one more time.
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#117
Provide the context then. Tell me how she used welfare recipients and deadbeats in a positive manner
Luminous Animal
Jul 2015
#9
She has no chance to win the GE. People don't trust her, and it's no surprise. nt
Zorra
Jul 2015
#10
or Qadima attacking Gaza--to keep the REAL warmongers, Likud, out of office, natch!
MisterP
Jul 2015
#83
Was this post intended on bashing or smearing Hillary Clinton? I have seen posts saying this is not
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#28
She has been talking about economics. In fact she had something tosay about Jeb's comment.
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#62
I know her plan to get profit sharing back to the employees does not put money into the pockets of
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#75
Perhaps tell the $15 minimum wage promoters the minimum wage in Seattle is $15, aim higher.
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#82
I sure would like to sneak into GOP headquarters and have a look in their dirt box.
zeemike
Jul 2015
#34
Hillary is the candidate the GOP does not want in the general, listen to Bill Krystal, he wants some
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#63
Not bothered with the TLC for sure, since it is a think tank which plans contrary to popular belief.
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#76
What did you call the thieving employers and bank$ter/donors that fucked them over and
jtuck004
Jul 2015
#39
When you make $200,000.00 to speak for 45 minutes you figure poverty is a choice.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2015
#41
Would you turn down $200,000 to speak to a group? Hell no, look at how much a football player gets
Thinkingabout
Jul 2015
#64
When discussion of her public service record and "bashing" become the same thing . . .
pa28
Jul 2015
#49
I believe everything is in order. All the quotes check out as real. Here are the links.
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#61
Yes. Some are wrongly claiming she was only referring to "deadbeat dads"...
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#99
In the Clinton's social circles, folks on Social Security are considered deadbeats.
NorthCarolina
Jul 2015
#70
Did Rhonda Costa grab her Gucci bag and drive her Cadillac to that interview at Salomon?
frylock
Jul 2015
#87
Debunked: People have wrongly claimed Hillary was only referring to "deadbeat dads"
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
#90