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West Calls Democrats‘ Appetite for ’Redistributionary Handouts‘ an ’Insidious Form of Slavery’

Allen West Calls Democratic Handouts Modern Form of Slavery

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.)

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) isn’t one for splitting hairs. The often-controversial freshman congressman has no problem sharing his open and honest assessment of the racial, social and political schema.

Wednesday evening was no exception, when he took to the House floor to deride Democrats for “handouts” that he dubbed a modern form of slavery. Additionally, West praised Republicans for standing up to big government and protecting individual liberty.

“Our party firmly believes in the safety net,” West said in a floor speech on Wed. evening. “We reject the idea of the safety net becoming a hammock.”

He went on, praising the GOP for best benefiting America’s poor.

“What Republicans have long understood is that poor communities are best served when they’re empowered to care for themselves,” he continued. “The more they come to rely on government checks, the less they learn to rely on their own ability and ingenuity.

But it was his comments about small government and “slavery” that caught peoples’ attention.

“For this reason, the Republican value of minimizing government dependence is particularly beneficial to the poorest among us,” he said. “Conversely, the Democratic appetite for ever-increasing redistributionary handouts is in fact the most insidious form of slavery remaining in the world today, and it does not promote economic freedom.”

Allen West Calls Democratic Handouts Modern Form of Slavery

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) (AP File Photo)

In addition to discussing poverty and personal freedom, he recapped the GOP’s role as “the party of freedom,” as he noted President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and the subsequent amendments that ended slavery, helped protect African Americans and granted them the right to vote, as the Hill reports.

West concluded by calling the GOP the “party of equality” and “opportunity,“ while wishing everyone a ”Happy Black History month.”

This isn’t the first time West has used similar language. Back in August, he told Laura Ingraham, who was filling in for “O’Reilly Factor” host Bill O’Reilly, that he is the “modern-day Harriet Tubman“ and that he wants to lead fellow African Americans away from the the ”21st century plantation.”

At CPAC this year, West discussed conservatism and the black community and he again mentioned the modern-day “plantation.” Here’s some video of his comments at the convention:

(H/T: The Hill)

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:00pm

    He’d be 100% right!!

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    • MarsBarsTru7
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:03pm

      Right on! Because slavery is EXACTLY what it is. It’s contemporary feudalism disguised behind a bureaucracy.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:05pm

      Gotta love Col. West. He says it like he sees it. Why aren’t more speaking up like he does? Do we have only one with a backbone!

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:19pm

      So the same party that kept slaves in irons on plantations to pick cotton are now keeping in ghettos with welfare to pick votes. 21st century plantations

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:24pm

      Indeed, this is a worse form of slavery, similiar to a indentured servitude or serfdom; not only is your life determined by the whim of an uncaring governance; so is the future of your children and their children with no means of betterment of your or their lives.

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:33pm

      So when the church helps feed the poor, that is following the teachings of Christ.

      When the government helps feed the poor, that’s enslaving them.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:52pm

      JZS the churches use the charity of man,the government steal from one to give another. The churches may offer assistance to help on a utility bill,or rent using money DONATED to help those in need. The government TAKES money fro tax payers to pay those bills. The church offers temporary limited service the government offers every from housing,utilities,tarnsportation,food,even cell phones.
      The church teaches self reliance and displine the government offers everything for nothing and promote irrresponsibility and dependence.
      IN SHORT GOVERNMENT IN THE MOST LIMITED FORM IS BUT A NECCESSARY EVIL AND IN THE FORM GROWING IN WASHINGTON IT’S TYRANNY

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 1:03pm

      Smith, this topic is about the EFFECT on the poor of recieving help. That‘s what I’m talking about too. You’re talking about something else.

      He is saying that if the help comes from the government, they are enslaved. Somehow though, if the help comes from somewhere else, they are not enslaved.

      So what if some poor people are getting help from a church financed shelter or food kitchen, that is also subsidized by the government. Are they enslaved or not enslaved? Why does the source of the money matter where the money comes from in determining whether or not they are enslaved?

      What if you don’t know the source of the money? How then do you determine if it is good that poor receive the help or bad?

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    • GardenoftheGods
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 1:21pm

      I’d LOVE to see Allen West in the White House….does that make me racist?

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    • CMDR6
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 1:55pm

      JZS First you have to understand the full difference between God and government (man). By your statements it appears you are at best ignorant, possibly just confused and at worst trying to confuse the rest.
      The intent of most government programs are truly noble, BUT in the falacy of man, our implementation has “unintended, negative, consequence”. We institute programs to help people, but because there is not responsibility tied to the help, it causes them to become takers, not givers. It starts with the seed. The money was taken from one to help another, who in time becomes a taker. Add on to that the sometimes “motive” of the help, i.e. Pres. Johnson stating that he was buying the black vote for generations with welfare. Not a good motive, not a good outcome.
      In Gods kingdom, a giver gives money to help and the one helped usually understands that it is a gift of love. The reciever may not do anything with it, or they may, but in any event, the GIVER is rewarded by God for giving. Not only in heaven to come, but here on earth. God repays the giver.
      There is no reward from government for paying taxes. And actually if you become more successful you are required to pay more, i.e. a man’s determination of what is “fair”.
      In God’s kingdom, 10% is 10%. the ways of God are very clear in the Bible and are a stark difference to the lower ways of man. Guess the Creator might actually be better qualified to know.

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    • Freedomluver
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 1:55pm

      “Our party firmly believes in the safety net,”

      Just where in the heck did he get that insanity from? Certainly not from the founders…that’s for sure.

      Just were in the Constitution does he find a provision for WELFARE?

      Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.
      Thomas Jefferson

      “If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions.” -James Madison

      With respect to the two words “general welfare,” I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators. — James Madison, letter to James Robertson

      West needs to ask himself some serious questions, as well as taking a second look at his support for the NDAA.

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    • rush_is_right
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 1:59pm

      So when the church helps feed the poor, that is following the teachings of Christ.”

      yes because thats what Jesus told the churches to do

      “When the government helps feed the poor, that’s enslaving them.”

      yes it is..government is playing god…how hard is this? you see its because government is forcing others to pay for them…no charity….no free will….just enslavement….and of course those who get the handout are enslaved by the government….it destroys their initiative….look around and get a clue you brain-dead moron.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 2:02pm

      that mass murderer should be on trial for war crimes. he’s also on the wrong side of history as european style entitlements will be a coming to the usa.one day a job or living wage, universal health care ,free highter education for qualified citizens will be civil rights as you can’t pursue happiness without certain basics. our constituion is gonna have to get real and actually guarantee those rights.he‘s a reactionary who won’t admit that we’re not as enlightened as the european nanny states are. We’ll catch up.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 2:10pm

      JZS
      the difference the church‘s help is limited its’ like a safety net. The government help in unlimited an inablier the subsidizes bad choice. Those getting help from the church understand it’s limit those recieving government help only look for more.
      Case in point my girl’s sister was recently in trouble financially she need help with the rent reach out to the church they paid her rent for a month then put her name at the bottom of the list. My neighbor was on section 8 housing had two kids she couldn’t afford so the government gave her a house,plus help utilities,and food stamps.She promptly moved her full time employed boyfriend whose a hvac mechanic in with her. Which means they had the ability to pay rent they did they continued robbing the tax payers. She got pregnant by him (i guess) so what does section 8 do move her into a larger house. That‘s the difference my girl’s sister knew she had to buck up.my neighbor saw a endless government check. Even more to the point while my neighbors robbing the system they are those who are barely getting by and paying fro her to lay around living for free spending her boyfriends paycheck.

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    • Freedomluver
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 2:23pm

      @rose-ellen

      Eeerrrrr, in case you didn’t notice Europe is in a worse financial mess than we are.

      No nation can survive when the people get the idea that they should vote for whoever provides them with the most entitlements, as history has clearly demonstrated. Such a mentality is unsustainable and a recipe for disaster.

      Why don’t lefties like you learn anything from history?

      “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the Public with the Public’s money.”
      Alexis de Tocqueville
      Democracy in America

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 2:56pm

      JZ The Gov feeding the poor??

      Does the Gov grow crops??

      Does the Gov process foods??

      Just who is this , The Gov??

      Where do they get this FOOD??

      Who Pay’s for this FOOD??

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 3:33pm

      I love this man, he speaks the truth in so many ways and he does not back down. Man I wish he would have run for president.

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    • lookingforaleaderwhospeaksthetruth
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:06pm

      He is the one who should run for the White House — he would kick but!!! The message of teaching people to Fish rather than giving them fish to eat has been lost in our world. More freedom more empowerment will lead to the return of the greatness of American Culture – why is this so hard to understand for millions of people??? It makes me crazy! 80% of the regulations and regulatory body’s and the budget could be cut away and we would not miss a beat – except the fact we would have money to educate everyone in America – how would that be a bad thing??? Wtf has happened to the constitution and the Dec of Ind??? Help!

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    • Michael61
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:22pm

      To summarize:

      Obama giveth, Obama taketh…

      What’s wrong with this picture?

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    • Homeschoolmama
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:26pm

      When some one asked a church for help, they are asking. The church may or may not provide the help. When some one within specific income levels goes to the government for help, it has become an entitlement. They expect that they will receive that money every month and some therefore do nothing to earn enough money to put themselves in a position of no longer being entitled to that money. The church on the other hand is not going to support somebody indefinitely or someone who is being irresponsible. That is the difference between money from a church and money from the government.

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 5:54pm

      JZS

      Let’s put it in perspective. LBJ said “we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.”

      Would slavery be an accurate description of holding someone back by giving them just enough to be comfortable in their misery? Liberals don’t think so.

      LBJ also said, “I’ll have those ____ (derogatory term for Blacks) voting Democratic for the next 200 years.”

      Is there also an evil intent of having them vote in favor of those who would continue to keep a boot on their neck for the next couple hundred years or so? Liberals don’t think so.

      I imagine that racists would approve of certain races being dependant on government, generation after generation…sounds logical.

      My family is close friends with a family currently on their fourth generation of government dependence. It hasn’t been a “hand up” in their case.

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 9:16pm

      Hey Speck. Most of your post is quotes from LBJ, which I won’t question. I won’t defend LBJ because he was a complex character with as much bad as good the little I know about him (there are at least two definitive biographies I believe). And I certainly won’t defend quotes taken “out of context.” No, don’t laugh at that. Johnson, like many powerful powerful politicians, was master manipulator and arm twister. Who were those quotes made to and why? Was he trying to convince a reluctant, bigoted Southern Democrat vote in favor of his Great Society legislation by appealing to his bigotry? Or did he really mean it? I don’t know. I haven’t read the biographies, but does anyone really know? I don’t think so. I think LBJ will be judged by the disaster in Vietnam on the one hand, and the huge positive effect on America of Civil Rights legislation on the other.

      Of course, Allan West is out there quoting Lincoln these days. Lincoln said this, “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it…” He also said, “My first impulse would be to free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia…” Did he mean that, or was he appealing to certain audience with those comments?

      I‘m afraid I’m out of words, or I’d address your other comment that the government hurts people by helping them not starve and be homeless during hard times.

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 10:31pm

      JZS

      Please make another post and address the topic at hand. Multiple posts don’t upset me.

      I have close friends going on four generations of govt assistance. It has not been a hand up in their case.

      “I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.” Benjamin Franklin

      Does the current welfare program lead the poor out of poverty or make them comfortable enough to live multiple generations on govt. assistance? Would like you thoughts if you believe it leads out of poverty.

      You said “positive effect on America of Civil Rights legislation”

      Assuming you’re talking about welfare, topic at hand, how do you measure positive?
      Is it measured in terms of average length of assistance before the hand up results in self sufficiency? Is the poor class ever shrinking out of existence due to decades of hand ups or is that class ever growing? What dictates positive?

      You said “not starve and be homeless during hard times.”

      What about hard times that last for four generations? How long would you limit assistance to?

      You said “Or did he really mean it? I don’t know” I am fine with this statement as long as you never condemn republicans, seeing that you can’t ready their minds.

      I have asked a lot of questions. I would like each answered if at all possible.

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:00am

      Speck, okay, you have close friends who are on their fourth generation of government assistance. I believe you. That does happen. I have to ask, have you, or anyone in your immediate or extended family every received government assistance and then climbed out of it? Have you ever met anyone like that? Do you know anyone who got unemployment insurance, food stamps or whatever other government assistance after losing their job and then survived, kept their family alive and in a home, then went on to get a job, stoped getting government help and then supported themselves and their family? Do know you know anybody like that? Do you agree that happens?

      I think I’m safe in saying that conservatives use examples like the one you gave as a reason to cut off government support the jobless. It will enslave them, like your friends, conservatives say. Liberals tend to think that most people are honest and want to work and support themselves and their families, while not denying the existance of the people you mention.

      So do we, as a country, base policies based on the existance of the people in your example, or the people who need a little help to get by, then climb out of their jobless state?

      Spec, the economy is the worst it’s been since the Depression. People can’t just go out and get a job. Churches are giving all they can and I doubt they are feeding even 1% of the poor and homeless. Without government help, Americans would starve.

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    • mscafeen
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:03am

      JZS, when the Church gives help, it’s usually a very temporary “hand-up” to help folks get on their feet. When the government helps, it’s simply a “hand-out” and it becomes a lifestyle because they actually encourage you to stay on the government dole. Thus begins the welfare junkie.

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    • mscafeen
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:04am

      I do love that man!

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    • old white guy
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 7:11am

      jakartaman. yes he is 100% right. unfortunately it is not just black americans that are slaves to the welfare system. many white americans are also are slaves to the public teat. that is why the socialists such as obama have a base that will vote for taking more from those who produce the wealth of the country.

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    • Tooler17
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 12:50pm

      JZS…
      When the church gives a handout, it’s for the day, week, maybe a month. When the government gives a “handout” it can be for a lifetime. So yes, when the government continues to provide economic benifits in the form of wlefare to an individual, that person becomes enslaved.

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  • Sharlene
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:57am

    Redistribution of wealth is a CODE WORD for REPARATIONS.

    A few years ago, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc., tried to get REPARATIONS, it didn’t happen.

    Now, Obama and his cohorts are trying again UNDER A NEW NAME, REDISTRIBUTION.

    Who do you think is going to get most of the REDISTRIBUTION ?? Mostly BLACKS and maybe a few Latino and other groups of people.

    Make no mistake, this is a BAIT AND SWITCH, THAT’S ALL IT IS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:08pm

      I was thinking the exact same.

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    • Freedomluver
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 2:13pm

      @Sharlene

      I think you are missing something…namely that welfare is simply a way to buy votes, and that includes plenty of whites.

      http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-welfareblack.htm

      Here are the statistics on welfare recipients:
      Traits of families on AFDC (1)

      Race
      ————–
      White 38.8%
      Black 37.2
      Hispanic 17.8
      Asian 2.8
      Other 3.4

      It’s not hard to buy elections when you promise money in exchange for votes.

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  • DeOppressoLiber
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:50am

    On O’Reilly last night they had a progressive who admitted that they want a more socialists country. He said they where doing the will of the people. This is perfect because they are starting to come out of hiding and into the light. Now we have win the moral argument just like our founding fathers did. We can do it we just need to know our facts and bring out the truth.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:49am

    .
    There goes that Uncle Tom talking about Slavery………

    I can hear the Democrats now…………..

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    • DrFrost
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:55am

      I love West. I don’t agree with everything he says, but I certainly agree with his point here.

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  • IndianaJan
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:49am

    Ah. DESERTROSE1960!
    Troll alert!! Don’t take any of her comments seriously. If you don’t believe it, click on her username and see what she has had to say.
    Gotcha!
    BTW, Rosie, military families EARN their government checks, unlike the growing plague of legs-in-the-air welfare moms.

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  • HUGGINGMYBABIES
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:48am

    “George Bush giving tax breaks is like Jim Jones giving Kool-Aid. It tastes good, but it will kill you.” ~ Al Sharpton! Tee hee hee! Nothing like hitting back with their own words :)

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:47am

    Democrats have ruined the black family, community, and work ethic… They are working feverishly to do the same to hard working hispanics, i’ve seen it over the last 30 years of working with folks from central and south america… They are getting on the welfare plantation, and once your on, its very difficult to get off…..

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  • gpk
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:46am

    West & Rubio or Rubio & West…….either way would like to see thes guys in the White House.

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  • misteryuck
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:44am

    Guvment owned slaves are okay as far as leftist, stateist, marxists are concerned… After all, they believe the guvment should own everything and everyone anyway…..

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    • chips1
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:56am

      If Obama and the Democrats get their way, are they going to share equally and everyone gets 40 acres and 2 slaves? It’s what they believe is best for the NWO.

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  • Lion420
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:44am

    Thank you sir and God bless you! We so desperately need intelligent people in the black community with the guts to stand up and tell the truth. If the Republicans could just follow the good Colonel’s example and SPEAK THE TRUTH, the democrats would disappear. Their lies, and their thirst for power exposed would be fantastic medicine for this rather ill country! Please sir, I beg you…keep it up…and think about runing for President!

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  • skiz
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:39am

    Again the LTC is correct! Not only is our government keeping people, esp. blacks, on welfare until they die, thus keeping them in “slavery” and never being able to accomplish anything. Additionally the rate of abortions on black babies to other races is staggering (approx. 300,000 per year). That is 3 million black people every 10 years! It is a crime and I cant see for the life of me why they cant see that. They just think “obama gonna give me money out of his stash”. VERY SAD!

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    • JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:48am

      Planned parenthood was “Planned” on the basis to control the black population. I guess it is working……………………….

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    • skiz
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:39pm

      With the condition of our educational system is in, it is no wonder welfare recipients have no clue they are slaves. They just think they are getting stuff for free. They dont ever realize that it is the working class folks that pay for it. They think it is just money created out of thin air. If we dont turn this country around real soon you batter gather the family, prepare with food and lock and load!

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:38am

    There is still time to jump in the race bro !!!! You would have my vote….

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:37am

    If I knew I was heading towards an Ice age, which would shrink the seas some exposing more land, I would probably over take Islands also.

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/around-the-world-abc-news/island-paradise-shattered-violent-coup-125638034.html

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:42am

      I wonder how these things will affect shipping routes if they at some point decide to pinch it?

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:44am

      You know why people can‘t read each other’s minds, because when most people only think a week or two ahead, who the heck needs to read their minds?

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:52am

      Itsjusttim:
      Huh ? Wtf are you talking about ? Are you off your meds or what ?

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:06pm

      Detroit paperboy,
      Oh I’m just saying that in about oh 20 years or less Detroit is going to be covered by a lot of snow and ice. And I’m saying that Islam is going to take over many regions that people may decide to flee to in the event of an ice age, and therefore it will be just a matter of assimilating people as they migrate.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:10pm

      Generally speaking, when an agenda appears to be one direction, it’s usually the opposite direction.

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  • HorseCrazy
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:36am

    Yes it is a form of slavery. I have no problem with a 3 month welfare plan that HELPS people get mental health treatment, disability treatment, employment counseling, childcare or whatever the need may be getting addressed so they can rejoin the masses of workers etc and rewarding good behavior until they are off of it. Of course that will never happen even though the welfare budget could more than cover it. But democrats would lose voters. I am not sure why using our public money for welfare for years isnt considered buying votes.

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    • Miguelito
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:48am

      DUH! Of course it is slavery! When the dumb down realize that Obama and the Dems. are using them to take power, Obama and Dems. will not care about them, they only want their vote to get power. Were are the Watergate investigators? The Obama Administration is 100 times worse! I pray the Blood of Jesus over this country every day! Our freedoms are being taken away at a rapid rate. People of prayer, please pray every day!

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    • Michael61
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:57am

      That’s how the welfare system works in rural areas, Poconos PA, for instance. 3 months, find a job, you are out. Maybe that’s why there is only 0.5% of black population over there?

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    • chips1
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:14pm

      Disability is a joke. 80% of them are parked at Mc Donalds or Dunkin Donuts and are just FAT. They are on disability because the government has to justify their jobs. When I grew up, my church took care of the people that needed help. The government programs just made it easier for welfare freaks to move around the country seeking the state that provides the best handouts. A person on welfare makes approximately $300 more per month than a working person.

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    • deidrea58
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 3:40pm

      it is buying votes — the dems have a voting block they (actually we – the taxpayers) have paid for — no one guarantees anyone happiness — it is the pursuit of happiness — some people just dont get it —

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  • DesertRose1960
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:35am

    Allen West is the child of a career military officer. He has never known a time in his life when he didn’t have a Government issued ID card. He has never, and will never, have to pay for his health care as a civilian does. The system will always be there to take care of him. When he gives up his benefits and starts paying for his own bills out of his own pocket, I’ll pay more attention. Right now, he‘s just leading others away from the Government safety net but he isn’t willing to give it up himself. As of the recent budget, 25% of the budget is Medicare and Social Security, another 25% is Defense, that means those “ever-increasing spending” by the Democrats amounts to only 32% of the budget. Where does he want to cut?

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    • Got2bRoni
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:42am

      You sir are a moron.. You equate serving in our military for over 20 years to be the same as getting a welfare check for doing nothing?? This is ridiculous!

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    • skiz
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:43am

      WRONG! He earned his medical benifits serving this country. It is not the same MORON!

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    • momprayn
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:47am

      Missed it….just b/c he‘s getting these benefits doesn’t mean what he is saying is not true or if he would give them up himself. Why should he do that in order to believe what he says is wise way to live? He‘s just trying to correct the mess that’s going on – it doesn‘t mean there shouldn’t be “benefits” for the military or other situations. The Government has its place – the argument is that they have gone way beyond the intended purpose and unconstitutional many times….which has done the opposite of “help” generally speaking.

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    • Ronald Wilson
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:47am

      So you equate military service with simply being a citizen ( and sometimes not ) ?
      We are not entitled to any money the government currently hands out, either SS or medicare. Taxes ? Because you pay taxes ? Taxes don’t cover what we are spending.
      But I’ll be damned if veterans get treated poorly. They earned their benefits.

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    • jvlag3
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:48am

      You sir an idiot!!! Serving this country is an honor…and BTW he didn’t get paid enough!! But you liberal idiots don’t care one bit about the men/women that serve this country.

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    • JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:52am

      You are worse than a moron………………….Hard work = benifits

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    • DD313
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:55am

      Rosie: Assuming your figures are correct, he wants to cut that 32%, of course. That’s how it should be.

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:17pm

      Rose

      Obviously you don’t know anything about our Military. As an Army retiree I have to pay Health insurance premiums through Tri-Care (which just went up another $300.00 this month thanks to Obama) ) and co-pays for Dr. visits and co-pays for prescriptions. Where do you liberals get the idea that those that did a job which you were either to lazy, or afraid to do serving this country for over 20 years get FREE health care? Welfare recipients like yourself get free stuff like Medicaid, foodstamps and the like not the military!

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    • deidrea58
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 3:43pm

      wow — really? u think a career military man –should be grouped with “way of life welfare recipients”

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    • concernedcitizen67
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 3:48pm

      That is absolutely right!

      People forget that.
      I think it is an excellent idea to take away the health insurance
      and pension benefits from congress & senate & let them be responsible
      for their own insurance etc. Out of their own pockets. Just exactly what they
      propose for the rest of us!

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    • stevenlemon
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:28pm

      You’re making the point of those who disagree with you! So Col West grew up living off the benefit package that HIS FATHER EARNED. It wasn’t the taxpayers who paid for their benefits. His father paid for them with his service just as millions of veterans do.

      Like his father before him, Col West earned his benefits and I personally believe the taxpayer gets a lot more from veterans than veterans get back.
      . And as for the bullchips that retirees get FREE medical, go to any military hospital and see who gets called to the doctor first and who sits in the back of the room until all the ACTIVE DUTY are done. I, like many other veterans, pay TRICARE premiums out of our own pocket to be able to see a doctor of our own choosing whenever we need care and that means we don’t have to spend a whole day just to get an aspirin prescription from a military doctor. We pay the same Medicare premiums that every one else pays, so where’s the freebies?

      The only thing I don’t like about Col West is that he is too nice about it.

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:35am

    Fearless! Love it, West!!!! Keep it up.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:34am

    The Democrats are scared to Death of this guy…. He will soon be destroyed cuz he tried to get laid twenty years ago….. Im shocked the media has’nt spoken to every woman who ever met the man, since kindergarten… Besides Democrats think of poverty as a business… They take forty cents of every dollar ….. Its a great profit margin… Who cares that you are ruining entire cities and entire races of people……

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  • Got2bRoni
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:33am

    Mr West is spot on. Romney/West 2012…. It is time to take back America!!

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    • chips1
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 12:25pm

      It should be the other way around. Romney could be the Joe Biden.

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  • Owt_Raged
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:32am

    Of course he is right. Welfare is democratic supported, government slavery.

    It‘s strange that people don’t see it. Have that many people forgotten the history of the Democratic party? When the US wouldn’t let them own people outright, they turned to enslaving them by making them depend on the hard earned money of others. It’s even worse than slavery because they do nothing to earn it. Thus killing their spirit, something actual slavery couldn’t do.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:29am

    I wish all of the republicans were black or of color…they can speak their mind without dancing around like the white sock puppets.

    If you are white and speak out, you are a racist…so the liberal media will tell ya…and you get wrongfully trashed…this is a sick society when people don’t know what a racist is…The education system simply sucks…and the sheep go BAHh!

    Rage on West, rage on!!! Tell them the truth…and FYI it is not rage…just plain and simple truth that the man speaks…

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    • Got2bRoni
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:38am

      You would be surprised how many people of color are republicans. The MSM doesn’t want people to know. This way they can continue to sway the uneducated….

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    • JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:55am

      Great post

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  • HKS
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:27am

    I would have to agree, I have always viewed welfare as slavery. In fact it may be worse, at least owners took better care of their slaves basic needs.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:25am

    This man is a LEADER! I hope there is something left for him to lead when he gets his chance.

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  • Sergei
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:25am

    Please run in 2016

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    • JP4JOY
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:36am

      Better yet a brokered convention and then draft West.

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  • HUGGINGMYBABIES
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:24am

    No truer WORDS….the Democrats and the Union Thugs are nothing more than modern day plantation owners. To pay to work at a union shop is nothing more than share cropping in the modern world. Rise up ye slaves of the government, cast aside your chains of handouts, cut loose the shackles of entitlements and RISE to the TOP 1%….THAT’S WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT!

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    • Lumbar Spine
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:32am

      Yea…people who harbor these fantasies about hitting the top 1% are like those who dream of hitting the lottery one day.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:46am

      LUMBAR SPINE, Never have been a gambler myself. Don’t really know why, but I have just never cared for it. But, attempting to reach the so called 1% and only making it part of the way is still a success in my eyes. It means that person is self supporting and not a roid in the anus of the treasury. At least those out there trying to make a living and improving their situations are better than those whining, snivelling, and groveling fools with their hands out. I must say that there are those who actually cannot take care of themselves as opposed to those who will not take care of themselves.

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    • lookingforaleaderwhospeaksthetruth
      Posted on February 17, 2012 at 11:35am

      Getting to the top 1% is easy -all you need is desire and belief! The hard part is getting people to believe because when 25% of the country’s citizens are trained to believe they cannot achieve any personal success – they dont. Welfare destroys belief – temporary help to re-educate and or train people in a field that they desire – creates belief in themselves and ultimately personal success and a sense of self worth which when attained – can help people move mountains!

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  • fidel1234
    Posted on February 16, 2012 at 11:20am

    I like Allen West,wish he would run for president.

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    • kfrederic
      Posted on February 16, 2012 at 3:06pm

      If and when he runs, don’t get caught between me and the voting booth. He is the change I believe in and I too hope he’s going from Congress to bigger things.

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