And while my writing this seems a bit extreme, several recent events in the news happen to point to this as a summary of positions held by those running for office with the GOP.
First, you have the lates Mitt Romney charge of Obama doesn't want people to work, and wants them to receive welfare indefinitely. The charge is that Obama wants to end the work requirement. Apparently, Obama was opposed to it back in the day, because he believes people on welfare should stay on welfare. The poor and the unemployed are, in short, lazy good for nothing parasites who won't find work, unless you require it of them. Well, there is some problems with Romney's charge, but I am going with pretty much what the message is:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/spin-and-counterspin-in-the-welfare-debate/2012/08/07/61bf03b6-e0e3-11e1-8fc5-a7dcf1fc161d_blog.html
Yes, the problem is that the waiver being granted is to give governors flexibility to get people back to work, but that isn't the message.
But, how about voting? Well, let's go to good old Scott Brown of Mass. He is irate that the those on welfare should be able to vote:
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/09/scott_brown_outraged_at_prospect_of_poor_people_voting/
So, there you go. Apparently those on welfare and unemployed are lazy and shouldn't be able to vote. No effort should be made to enable them to vote either. So, if you believe this, vote Republican.
