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by pjc50 1568 days ago
> multi-generational welfare demographics that are incentivized to breed

This is almost always a racial slur that turns out not to be true on closer inspection.

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White people are the largest demographic of poverty in the US.

So racist against white people I guess?

More like cognitive dissonance.

The states most strongly against a welfare state invariably receive the most welfare.

See also: Attempts to repeal Obamacare without infuriating the parts of the Republican base that are most loudly calling for a repeal.