Louisiana returns to business as usual

[opebo]

Welfare state mentality. Many of these people don't want to try and get back on their own feet. They'd rather try and leech and wait for a free handout from the government.

You blame someone for aiming for the possible rather than the impossible?  Unreasonable, States.

... the indolent poor .... 

Hah, you poor sap, it is the rich who are indolent.  Most poor toil in jobs - who do you think operates your Walmarts and McDonalds?  Even those who are denied jobs, while indolent in terms of employment, are quite busy experiencing daily pains and humiliations. 

[opebo]

This guy should be expelled from the Democratic party so that the only crooks are non-Democrats.

Indeed, because this man is evidently the only crook in the entirety of Our Great Party.

Corruption is really no problem, as long as the programs put in place have a generally Keyensian redistributive effect - getting money out of the hands of the owning class and into the hands of the workers.  Just as Unions were excellent institutions, even if 10% of the money gained was 'stolen' by the mob, government programs are still quite effective as long as the majority of the money gets to the poor.

[opebo]

Corruption is really no problem, as long as the programs put in place have a generally Keyensian redistributive effect - getting money out of the hands of the owning class and into the hands of the workers.  Just as Unions were excellent institutions, even if 10% of the money gained was 'stolen' by the mob, government programs are still quite effective as long as the majority of the money gets to the poor.

The problem with that theory is corruption breeds greed.  What other form of corruption, other than stealing from the poor's till, would you anticipate?  Money is a driving force that no one can avoid.  If corruption is allowed, these programs will - and do - become ineffective.

Um, Alcon, the current system is built entirely upon greed.  It is hardly fair to hold the new and improved system to a standard of absolute rectitude by contrast.