BA> Replying to a message of Bob Klahn to Jeff Binkley:

 BK>>  In the American political lexicon welfare has *ALWAYS* been a
 BK>>  dirty word.

 BA> Not *always*, only for a bit over half a century.  That's
 BA> when politicians discovered they could buy peoples' votes
 BA> with their own money.

 I has been considered embarrassing to collect welfare for as
 long as there has been some form of welfare, which is as long as
 this country has existed.

 BTW, since welfare recipients are less likely to vote, that's
 not a good way to buy votes.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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