They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain: on Welfare & Poverty


Herman Cain: Help poor by helping everybody; not by hurting rich

Abraham Lincoln said, "You don't help the poor by hurting the rich." I might add that you help the poor by helping everybody. I believe that the 3 great divides--the party divide, the racial divide, & the economic divide--polarize our nation. The liberal political ideology seeks to enact policies that divide us and attempts to control all aspects of society. Liberal politicians seek to herd the public into groups and pit those groups against each other, as if as citizens we do not all share the dream of educational and economic success. Liberal politicians do not share your dreams of success because your success and the success of your children and grandchildren spell the end to their reign of power over your life.

Many citizens have come to believe that as Americans they do not have to shoulder the responsibilities of individual achievement and participation in the political arena. For too many years, liberals have usurped our individual responsibilities and made our most important decisions for us

Source: They Think You're Stupid, by Herman Cain, p. 51 Jun 14, 2005

  • The above quotations are from They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It, by Herman Cain.
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