Originally Posted by logtroll
Against my better judgement I find myself trying to unwrap bigswede's point (that means I'm assuming there actually is an unwrappable point...)

Here's what I've got: this is what many 'conservatives' see as the motivation for 'liberals' - getting free stuff because they are lazy and don't want to work. That is a meme that has been assiduously developed by the right wing propagandists over the last many decades (becoming obvious during the Reagan years, "welfare moms", remember?)
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The irony, if one can stomach irony at this point, is that many (and I do mean many) of the Trump supporters claimed to have voted for him because ACA was too expensive and they wanted FREE healthcare. They also wanted lower mortgages, and NO taxes - so who was it that actually wanted the FREE STUFF?

"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky