Tiberius Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Here’s a modest proposal for Western New York agencies trying to figure out where to slash aid if Donald Trump’s budgetary assault on the working class is successful: Ask potential aid recipients if they voted for the president, and only serve those who answer "no." After all, Trump supporters are getting just what they voted for, and people who get what they want have no complaint. The savings could help People Inc., Erie County’s food stamp office, the Social Security disability office and other such programs reallocate enough money so that the deserving poor would not have to suffer because of the electoral lunacy of an almost-majority. A Buffalo News analysis showed just what’s at stake here if Trump were to get his way: The food stamp program that 150,000 Erie County residents rely on would be slashed by 29 percent, heating aid for 105,000 families in Erie and Niagara counties would be eliminated, and money for public housing would be cut by 17 percent. http://buffalonews.com/2017/06/01/you-voted-for-trump-step-out-of-the-aid-line/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I see. The "deserving poor" are the people who didn't vote for Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 I see. The "deserving poor" are the people who didn't vote for Trump. How can those people vote for Trump then barge their way in to take as much as they can take? Are not elections suppose to have consequences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 the last modest proposal i read suggested a market of butchering and selling the infants of the poor to end starvation i trust the author was being ironic and sardonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Lets see, a 'proposal' that doesn't solve anything, impossible to implement, and hurts more than it helps ? (not to mention, only impresses the weak-minded) I think that we have confused the term Modest with grand·stand ˈɡran(d)ˌstand/ verbderogatory gerund or present participle: grandstanding seek to attract applause or favorable attention from spectators or the media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 How can those people vote for Trump then barge their way in to take as much as they can take? Are not elections suppose to have consequences? You're absolutely right that elections have consequences and those consequences should apply to all equally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Modest Mussorgsky was a composer who liked to drink a lot. His Pictures at an Exhibition is the most likely thing played in your city in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Lets see, a 'proposal' that doesn't solve anything, impossible to implement, and hurts more than it helps ? (not to mention, only impresses the weak-minded) I think that we have confused the term Modest with grand·stand ˈɡran(d)ˌstand/ verbderogatory gerund or present participle: grandstanding seek to attract applause or favorable attention from spectators or the media. You just described the entire Trump campaign. Congratulations! You get it. I mean that's kind of the point. There might be hope for you You're absolutely right that elections have consequences and those consequences should apply to all equally. Rich and poor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Are the usual demographics of concern by the MSM for "pity these people" getting upset at all the West Virginia stories coming out about poor white folk and opiate addictions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 the last modest proposal i read suggested a market of butchering and selling the infants of the poor to end starvation i trust the author was being ironic and sardonic Careful, you're going to give the anti-Planned Parenthood conspiracy theorists another excuse to create doctored videos. Corrected from the article: "because of the electoral lunacy of an almost-majority plurality". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Careful, you're going to give the anti-Planned Parenthood conspiracy theorists another excuse to create doctored videos. Corrected from the article: "because of the electoral lunacy of an almost-majority plurality". Checking...checking...yep, your inexplicable and disturbing Oedipal crush still lost to a candied yam, Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 the last modest proposal i read suggested a market of butchering and selling the infants of the poor to end starvation i trust the author was being ironic and sardonic I'm going to suggest neither the author nor the dunce who started this thread have any idea what the hell you're talking about. I'm sure they both think Jonathan Swift is Taylor's dad. Careful, you're going to give the anti-Planned Parenthood conspiracy theorists another excuse to create doctored videos. Corrected from the article: "because of the electoral lunacy of an almost-majority plurality". Question: if the videos are doctored, why did Kamala Harris invade the videogrpapher's house and destroy everything he had? Why not release the proof of the doctoring? We'll wait for an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) i give out my tidbits of wisdom and sometimes people get them, LABF... DCTom, don't forget Oedipus still managed to make it to Colonus... Edited June 1, 2017 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 At first glance I thought this thread was about Rod Woodson I have a modest proposal of my own. Identify those who threatened to leave the country if Trump won and limit their services as they do not want to be here. Further, identify the F-the-Poe-leece crowd and limit their police support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Sounds like a two state solution to me. If you want to live in Hillarystag, put on a blue shirt and go stand over there. If you want to live in the Trumpreich, wear red and stand over there. Like the makings of a dr Seuss book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 At first glance I thought this thread was about Rod Woodson I have a modest proposal of my own. Identify those who threatened to leave the country if Trump won and limit their services as they do not want to be here. Further, identify the F-the-Poe-leece crowd and limit their police support I'm sure all the wife beaters would love that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 That's now how politics works. Both sides try this crap. "Well let his VOTERS foot the bill since they're the ones who wanted it!" "If you're pro-life you should have to be a foster parent." "Let the pro-immigration people house all the immigrants." Welcome to a compromised society. We're all in this together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 i give out my tidbits of wisdom and sometimes people get them, LABF... DCTom, don't forget Oedipus still managed to make it to Colonus... That's sorta sick. I thought a guy who would Oedipus would stay away from his mom's colonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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