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>From: Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 6, 2012 2:23 PM
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
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>[WS:] That is the biggest paradox of the American political
>consciousness, no? take the government dole and bitch about the hand
>that feeds you.
You say this as if it was always so. It wasn't. Fewer than a hundred years ago there was great and broad appreciation for public works and government programs. Anti-government sentiment was carefully and patiently nurtured. That's why Doug's point about door-knocking and media outreach is so important. People listen.
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>You may hear support for social welfare in some liberal circles, but
>beyond that it is general hostility.
This seems more assertion than argument.