Thank you Andre Bauer for being a complete moron. In an attempt respond to your ignorance
I feel it necessary to bring up a few points.
After hearing your message I though the following comments might be appropriate.
My response follows the words of your speech:
1) More people in this country vote than work.
This makes perfect sense, after all people who are too lazy to work are often the ones who are faithfully forging policy and are often very politically active, right?
2) In government we reward bad behavior.
This is obvious sir, since you still have a job.
3) [Referencing a graph] Free and reduced lunch = the lowest test scores in the state of South Carolina.
You are correct, there are certainly no other influential factors, such as crime, school funding, ratio of teacher to student, ethnicity, etc. (Another example of an invalid independent variable would go something like: when ice cream consumption goes up, suicide rates go up as well. Therefore ice cream consumption = increased suicidality. These connections exists only for those seeking them.)
4) We don't make you take a drug test, we ought to [referring to people receiving government benefits].
This makes perfect sense, after all EVERYBODY KNOWS all people receiving benefits are drug dependent, right? Did we drug test the banks who received $800 billion from the 'hard working people of this country,' no sir we did not; the question is why? Well, I was wondering if it is because wealthy people have lawyers, and would sue you for being ignorant [and slanderous], whereas the poor are less able to defend themselves from such attacks. But hey, whatever sounds good in a speech must be true.
5) Regarding the statement that we should make beneficiaries show up for parent teacher meetings.
Once again, you are acutely in tune with populations receiving benefits. Since these people take free lunches they must be at home reveling in their obviously drug steeped existence, that is if they aren't working late at one of their two or three benefit-free, low-wage jobs and can't skip work without fear of missing their next rent payment.
6) What chances does a 10 year old girl stand- if she herself is a parent?
First I am appalled you didn't bring up the fact that some fertile male, possibly/probably an adult, raped this young girl. Good to know your sense of justice is intact here. Second, I find it sad that you have failed to consider the many organizations that are willing to assist young women/girls and instead used her as a sad example for your political gain. Here is a start in your search for organizations that help the exact population you are referring to:
7) Children receiving free/reduced cost lunches are like stray animals.
Excellent point and along these I think we should put down animals (and apparently kids) who aren't productive members of society (i.e. down pay for their own lunch)... I hope my sarcasm and anger don't dupe you into thinking I'm voting GOP next time!
~rather~
Let's forget the fact that these kids, regardless of their parent's fiscal responsibility or lack thereof, might spend the school day hungry and thus will perform at a diminished capacity. Thus, I believe, will result in the ruin of your unsupported hypothesis and a lack of reform.
That is unless you really don't care about reform.
8) This political correctness is killing our country.
I beg to differ. I believe it it the fear-mongering, ignorant, discriminatory lies you (and your ilk) use to attack others, particularly people who are different, or might not have the same beliefs you do. You present no research, nor can you back up your theory, but only because you slander the impoverished who depend upon benefits in order to better the lives of themselves and others. Obviously your low view of the poor is made plain in your statement, and I congratulate you on your honesty.
9) Your website states (in response, I assume to the enraged masses):
Yes, I believe government is "breeding a culture of dependency" which has grown out of control, and frankly, amounts to little more than socialism, paid for by hard-working, tax-paying families… against their wishes. At the same time, I feel strongly that we can and should help our neighbors who are truly needy. In fact, I've spent much of my last seven years helping those in need… traveling the state to help provide blankets, shoes, food and health care to those who need it most. However, there's a big difference between being truly needy and truly lazy.
Who then, sir, do you propose is truly needy and who is truly lazy? Does your example of this 10 year old mom provide us with guideline of worth or worthlessness? I dare say this is possible because you didn't even mention the legal issues associated with a pregnant minor. How about the people you visited with blankets and shoes... how did you determine their worthiness of assistance? Was it their weeping and gratitude, or the raggedy clothes that made you deem them as worthy?
As far as government programs is concerned: who should be the judge of this? I assume that larger government (i.e. more judges or a government program dealing with such issues) isn't going to be a part of your plan, right? Since this would mean more government (I think you referred to this as socialist) spending and would be an affront to your GOP buddies, I'm sure there must be some other way... it's called a rubber stamp emblazoned with the phrase: DENIED.
In closing:
I can't think of a worse example of government programming to try and remove or argue with. We aren't handing out $20.00 for an A+, we aren't giving electronics for attendance... for Pete's sake this is a food program. Food is important, and children who are hungry are in need of one thing: FOOD. Secondly, there are a plethora of ideas as to why schools do well or fail miserably, but I hardly think your simplistic (not to mention slanderous, offensive and discriminatory) connection between government benefits and grades just plain sucks and has not been backed by any research (well, except for your aforementioned graph). Next time think before you compare poor kids to stray animals and maybe you will be able to do something to make a difference in schools. This is unless of course, as I mentioned earlier, you don't really care... and I hope for your sake this is the case because otherwise you are headed in the completely wrong direction.
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