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Trump White House goes after white people on welfareNewsweek 21 NOV 2017 AT 07:21 ET
Harriet Sinclair November 20, 2017
The Trump administration could hit the presidents white working-class base where it hurtsthreatening to make welfare cuts.
The majority of people who receive welfare checks are white working-class Americans, many of whom voted for Trump based on the pledge they would be better off financially under him.
But the president said last month he would be looking very strongly at welfare reform after suggesting that some people were unfairly abusing the system.
Thats becoming a very big subject and people are taking advantage of the system and other people arent receiving what they need to live, and we think its very unfair to them, Trump said in October.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Monday that details of the administrations plans to overhaul welfare would be released at the beginning of next year, stressing that Trump was particularly interested in the topic.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/trump-white-house-goes-after-white-people-on-welfare/
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)These folks are thieves. Somebody lock up the damn silverware.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)are tired of winning now?
Golden Raisin
(4,609 posts)of new, well-paying coal jobs is just around the corner.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)for sure.
Suckers.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)Base?
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Lose it will praise him when he takes it from them. This is appealing.
maxrandb
(15,334 posts)they construct this in a way that it only impacts locations that are predominantly made up of minorities and people of color?
Here, I fixed Donnie Short Fingers statement. (Bolding is mine)
Thats becoming a very big subject and black and Hispanic people are taking advantage of the system and white people arent receiving what they need to live, and we think its very unfair to them, Trump said in October.
Orrex
(63,215 posts)Even though many of them are on public assistance, they "trust that he'll do what's best for the country."
In part, that's because they're willing to suffer as long as brown people are made to suffer more, because they are a cult of idiot racist fuckheads.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)for the 1%.
Oh well we can call our junkyard homes Trumpville I guess.
See you at the rapidly depleting food banks fools.
Aristus
(66,382 posts)I can't tell if that's foolhardy or brave.
Oh! I forgot! It's Trump: foolhardy...
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)if the latest tax version goes through. They will figured out they were played, might take awhile but the checking balance is a hard fact. They can watch fox all day, but the check will still bounce at the grocery store. They aimed their anger at colors of humans, or other types of religions instead of capital.
They have no history of unions, aren't curious about how laws are made and are not keeping up with information they need to know to keep loved ones safe. They went simple conclusions, now they will pay for it. They are also thinking of taking away the structure of the V.A., they will be shocked that a rich straight talking white man did this to them. They might find some other fairy tell for a little while, but reality will slowly drip in.
Lots of them are doomed, but can't see it yet.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)And the hell of it is...they voted for it, begged for it, destroyed all the love and concern for their fellow man for it.
And now Trump, the Koch's, the Mercer's etc are going to give the deplorables what they demanded.
With both barrels, point blank range.
Enjoy assholes!