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To: Cogito who wrote (169978)	8/23/2011 3:40:43 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543634

Cogito, I am very sorry to hear about your health problems. I picked up the term "moocher class" from Weigel. Let me make a distinction clear. Today's Republicans don't object to aid to those who cannot help but be dependent: the very young, the very old, the disabled and infirm. However, anytime you start talking about making a majority of people dependent on government, you are no longer talking about helping those who cannot help themselves; you are now talking about teaching dependence on government to the able-bodied. Republicans see this effort as destructive to the character of the individual so taught, destructive to society in general, and self-interested on the part of Democrats.