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The fact that government stewards would actually want some accountability and control over how taxpayer money is spent exercises Ms. Madrak no end. How will these people pay their bills, ride the bus, live a LIFE for God’s sake?
Angel Buechner again:
How do you expect people to take care of business like paying bills such as lights, gas, water, trash and phone?”[...]
And Freakout Nation:
GOPers in Minnesota seem to be suffering from memory loss; an unemployed person has to utilize public transit to go out in the world and be proactive in seeking work. Instead, they present the poor with isolation, not letting them use their debit card, sit home and not seek employment. The poor can stay poor because they don’t give a damn.
Again, this is basically about food stamps – particular delivery system notwithstanding – and the wild and crazy notion that they should be used essentially for — oh I don’t know — food. The idea that recipients have a God-given right to use the EBT card as a kind of rolling slush fund evinces a form of memory loss well in excess of anything the GOP is capable of. As these self-appointed defenders of the downtrodden well know — even as they spin these Dickensian scenarios — there is an array of other programs that the truly needy (and, unfortunately, some not so needy) can tap into that have nothing to do with the bill in question.
But that’s not the most egregious falsehood.
While this will doubtless come as a bolt out of the blue to Ms. Madrak and her ilk, people – even poor people – are not helpless. They are not merely passive receptacles of government largesse, and, given half a chance, will make economic decisions that will keep a roof over their head and the lights on. Someone who is truly looking for work will scare up the bus fare to go to an interview. Someone who needs to keep his telephone connected will cut the cable for a while. (Susie, I know it will come as a shock to you that the poorest among us have amenities unavailable to all but the wealthiest in truly poor nations, but cope.)
But inasmuch as this does not conform to the Left’s default scenario of evil plutocrats in stove-pipe hats tying poor people to the railway tracks it will be largely ignored. Disinformation is a terrible thing to waste.
