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In reply to the discussion: A few things about cutting SS and Medicare [View all]moniss
(6,456 posts)clamoring to gut SS and Medicare see no reason why someone working at McDonald's might have a problem taking care of Grandma. It's the same with daycare/childcare. They just assume that a woman should certainly be able to work that minimum wage job and that she has plenty of relatives around to take care of the kids for free or she should just "hire a babysitter for 50 cents an hour" like they saw on TV one time on "Father Knows Best".
The real facts that matter that everyday people face the "rule makers" know nothing about. They do their best to avoid knowing by creating myths among themselves like "welfare queens driving Cadillacs" that let's them off the hook in their minds for any responsibility or action because they use those myths to denigrate people and blame them for the circumstances they're in but were largely created and controlled by the wealthy.
People used to excuse slavery this way and child labor.
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