Reply #5: Lakoff's take on why rethugs don't like social programs [View All]

[ailsagirl]

Social programs are immoral. By giving people things they haven't earned, social programs remove the incentive to be disciplined, which is necessary for both morality and prosperity. Social programs should be eliminated. Anything that could be done by the private sphere should be. Government does have certain proper roles: to protect the lives and the private property of Americans, to making profit seeking as easy as possible for worthy (sic) Americans (the disciplined ones), and to promote conservative morality (strict father morality) and religion.

From "don't think of an elephant," pg. 83

You can't make this stuff up!!
I find it revolting. :puke: