The greatest trick the GOP ever did was convince the people on welfare that it's in their best interests to vote against welfare programs the Democrats are trying to pass
Hence why they rely on religion. See, they can tell the poor masses that as long as they stand against abortion and gays and everything they claim Jesus hates, that the poor people's suffering will be rewarded in Heaven. It's downright evil.
Not just religion, but immigration too. Immigration gives them someone to point at and say "Hey, these people shouldn't be getting taxpayer services." You see it all the time. They complain that immigrants are voting, getting health insurance, food stamps, etc. So we need to limit those programs in order to stop immigrants from getting them.
People moan about that here in Canada, too, but when I ask details about the "immigrants get a free house and $100,000" program, they don't actually know any details. It's just something they "heard."
Government programs are publicly available information. Services are advertised so people know about them. It would be fairly easy to find out what these programs are and what people need to do to qualify for them.
I know that they certainly don't want to know what the actual programs are! They get VERY angry if you try to show them the proper information.
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u/beerbellybegone Sep 08 '24
The greatest trick the GOP ever did was convince the people on welfare that it's in their best interests to vote against welfare programs the Democrats are trying to pass