"You should not expect a handout. You should not even expect a safety net."

[mota bhai 2,675]

Frank Luntz: "You should not expect a handout. You should not even expect a safety net. When my house burns down, I should not go to the government to rebuild it. I should have the savings, and if I don't, my neighbors should pitch in for me, because I would do that for them."

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-agony-of-frank-luntz/282766/

Edited January 7, 2014 by mota bhai

[Danno 1,228]

For many people.... if they "expect" a safety net to be there.... they then "plan" for a safety net to be there.

A safety net should prevent one from spattering himself on the floor, yet not so comfy, he want to say in it.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-agony-of-frank-luntz/282766/

Way to beat a man when he down, Atlantic!

Not everybody gets to ride in the lifeboat. Sharks got to eat too, same as crabs.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The crisis began, he says, after last year's presidential election, when Luntz became profoundly depressed.

[GandD 5,966]

I do agree with the sense of entitlement. Seems like a lot of folks think they know better or deserve better just because of where they were born. You still need to work for things. Immigrants know this, which is why they're owning us.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I do agree with the sense of entitlement. Seems like a lot of folks think they know better or deserve better just because of where they were born. You still need to work for things. Immigrants know this, which is why they're owning us.

I've noticed an extreme sense of entitlement from one particular group of immigrants. They wear a form of workboot/slipper called Uggs along with sweatpants that have the word "Juicy" plastered on the #######. But they are most notable by the streaks of orange cheese dust smeared onto their clothing. Rumor has it they were sent here to berate and castrate every American male.

Edited January 7, 2014 by Teddy B

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-agony-of-frank-luntz/282766/

This already happens doesn't it - when people are forced into bankruptcy because their insurance won't cover their cancer treatments.

[mota bhai 2,675]

This already happens doesn't it - when people are forced into bankruptcy because their insurance won't cover their cancer treatments.

As the mandate gains wider and wider acceptance over the next few years, that will become more and more rare.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

As the mandate gains wider and wider acceptance over the next few years, that will become more and more rare.

So the mandate will destroy America as we know it? America will no longer be #1 in medical expense related personal bankruptcies? That's a disaster!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah well some people here feel that if you get cancer and can't afford the tens of thousands in chemo and radiotherapy that you deserve to die.

Azzholes.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Yeah well some people here feel that if you get cancer and can't afford the tens of thousands in chemo and radiotherapy that you deserve to die.

Azzholes.

Who?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Who?

Nobody gets out of this alive.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Nobody gets out of this alive.

So a child born into poverty deserves to die of the flu.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/the-agony-of-frank-luntz/282766/

I would say safety net to catch you once and we should provide for those that can not provide for themselves.

Other than that

work or starve

[GandD 5,966]

So a child born into poverty deserves to die of the flu.

As long as the child is not white.