You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity

“You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”*

* Adrian Rogers

I reckon that's mostly if not entirely true. Especially this part:

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What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving

Thing is that if you think that Republicans don't promote EXACTLY this, then you ain't payin' attention. They're just as guilty as the Dems... they just cater to a different constituency.

I get tired of both those who don't want to do anything for their keep and those who can't stand the thought of paying their help enough to live on without getting a second job. Whiners at the bottom because there's no free ride, whiners at the top because they're afraid they might have to settle for living in a 5 million dollar home instead of a 10.

You also can't spend a country into prosperity.

The Other One wrote:

You also can't spend a country into prosperity.

Yeah, you'd think Obama would have learned that from Reagan and both Bush's spending habits.

According to Dick Cheney, Reagan proved that deficits don't matter.