money will be available to me so that I may enjoy my golden years in relative comfort and security.
“Those dollars, that we have religiously surrendered, do not --- I repeat --- do not belong to the U.S. Government. They belong to you and to me.
“But do you know what’s been done with our money? Previous administrations have raided our retirement fund and taken those dollars so that they can send $2.6 million dollars to China to teach their prostitutes how to drink responsibly, or $400,000 to fund a study to find out why gay men in Argentina engage in risky sexual behavior when they’re drunk.
“They have taken our money and replaced it with worthless IOU’s, and now they’re telling us, ‘Sorry, there just isn’t enough money in the program to continue indefinitely.'
“Of course there isn’t, because they have taken it to fund their pork-barrel politics and to buy votes.
“Is this issue important to you, the voters of America?
“Ask any person of retirement age how they would be getting along if their monthly Social Security check or their Medicare benefit were to suddenly disappear.
“My pledge to you is that when I am elected president, I will NOT take your hard-earned dollars from your retirement account. It is wrong and it must stop!”
The crowd rose to their feet and cheered.
“Now I’m going to speak to a topic that may offend some, but it is an issue that must be addressed, welfare reform.
“One of the things that has made America great is the fact that everyone deserves a chance and a helping hand during rough times.
“There are those among us who simply cannot work and earn a living due to disabilities, age, or for other legitimate reasons, and those people deserve our help, but the system has been polluted by malingerers and con artists that are mentally and physically able to work but would rather work the system.
“Hold that thought for just a moment while I address another issue, unemployment.
“I realize that the past five years have taken a toll in our country. Businesses have downsized, laying off thousands, homes have been foreclosed on at a record pace and businesses and people are filing for bankruptcy in staggering numbers.
“These people need help during these trying times.
“Billions and billions of dollars are being spent each month on unemployment benefits and on welfare payments to able-bodied men and women and what has been the return on those billions spent? I’ll tell you --- absolutely nothing!
“At the same time, whole blocks in our cities are filled with abandoned houses in need of repair, vacant lots are filled with chest-high weeds harboring rats and other vermin, and welfare agencies are understaffed for lack of funds.
“Probably not many of you remember the WPA that was a product of the great depression.
“The Works Progress Administration provided eight million jobs between 1935 and 1943.
If you look closely, there are bridges and viaducts and other structures standing today that bear the inscription, ‘WPA 1939’.
“Those billions of dollars being sent to capable individuals who are fruitlessly searching for jobs that are just not available or to the malingerers watching daytime TV could be spent putting them to work on projects that have fallen by the wayside.
“Please don’t tell me that you’re not a construction worker. I’ve witnessed homes being built from scratch by volunteers in the Habitat For Humanity Program who had never picked up a hammer.
“America was built with the sweat and labor of industrious citizens who were not afraid to work, but we have become a nation that is content to sit back and receive their 'entitlements.'
“History has proven that a socialistic society breeds complacency and sloth. We must return to the work ethic that made our country
“Those dollars, that we have religiously surrendered, do not --- I repeat --- do not belong to the U.S. Government. They belong to you and to me.
“But do you know what’s been done with our money? Previous administrations have raided our retirement fund and taken those dollars so that they can send $2.6 million dollars to China to teach their prostitutes how to drink responsibly, or $400,000 to fund a study to find out why gay men in Argentina engage in risky sexual behavior when they’re drunk.
“They have taken our money and replaced it with worthless IOU’s, and now they’re telling us, ‘Sorry, there just isn’t enough money in the program to continue indefinitely.'
“Of course there isn’t, because they have taken it to fund their pork-barrel politics and to buy votes.
“Is this issue important to you, the voters of America?
“Ask any person of retirement age how they would be getting along if their monthly Social Security check or their Medicare benefit were to suddenly disappear.
“My pledge to you is that when I am elected president, I will NOT take your hard-earned dollars from your retirement account. It is wrong and it must stop!”
The crowd rose to their feet and cheered.
“Now I’m going to speak to a topic that may offend some, but it is an issue that must be addressed, welfare reform.
“One of the things that has made America great is the fact that everyone deserves a chance and a helping hand during rough times.
“There are those among us who simply cannot work and earn a living due to disabilities, age, or for other legitimate reasons, and those people deserve our help, but the system has been polluted by malingerers and con artists that are mentally and physically able to work but would rather work the system.
“Hold that thought for just a moment while I address another issue, unemployment.
“I realize that the past five years have taken a toll in our country. Businesses have downsized, laying off thousands, homes have been foreclosed on at a record pace and businesses and people are filing for bankruptcy in staggering numbers.
“These people need help during these trying times.
“Billions and billions of dollars are being spent each month on unemployment benefits and on welfare payments to able-bodied men and women and what has been the return on those billions spent? I’ll tell you --- absolutely nothing!
“At the same time, whole blocks in our cities are filled with abandoned houses in need of repair, vacant lots are filled with chest-high weeds harboring rats and other vermin, and welfare agencies are understaffed for lack of funds.
“Probably not many of you remember the WPA that was a product of the great depression.
“The Works Progress Administration provided eight million jobs between 1935 and 1943.
If you look closely, there are bridges and viaducts and other structures standing today that bear the inscription, ‘WPA 1939’.
“Those billions of dollars being sent to capable individuals who are fruitlessly searching for jobs that are just not available or to the malingerers watching daytime TV could be spent putting them to work on projects that have fallen by the wayside.
“Please don’t tell me that you’re not a construction worker. I’ve witnessed homes being built from scratch by volunteers in the Habitat For Humanity Program who had never picked up a hammer.
“America was built with the sweat and labor of industrious citizens who were not afraid to work, but we have become a nation that is content to sit back and receive their 'entitlements.'
“History has proven that a socialistic society breeds complacency and sloth. We must return to the work ethic that made our country
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