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		Out of work. Out of money. Out of health care. But still too proud to take government handouts. Take a look at the real face of the South Carolina voter, but then forget about him because he's not going to vote (washingtonpost.com)		137
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Wendy's Chili

2012-01-19 09:07:57 AM

But still too proud to take government handouts.

wat

FTA: His weekly unemployment benefits had expired. His food stamps had been trimmed to less than $50 a week.

sigdiamond2000

2012-01-19 09:29:21 AM

This man has obviously run afoul of the Job Creators. You mess with the bull, you get the horns.

Gulper Eel

2012-01-19 09:42:01 AM

He took out a cigarette and turned on the TV....

Murdock came back to his house a few hours later with a six-pack of Bud Ice

Smokes, cable and beer are not necessities. No further comment necessary...other than that the second half of TFA is behind a subscriber wall, so we have no idea how many lottery tickets he buys.

Grand_Moff_Joseph

2012-01-19 09:49:48 AM

I feel sorry for this guy, I really do. He works hard, plays by the rules, and is getting kicked to the curb by the system. And in SC, the state government is too busy finding ways to hate brown people and stamp out non-existent voter fraud to do anything about it.

That said though, this guy did (and continues to make) some bad choices, such as dropping out of high school, spending what little money he has on smokes and beer, etc.

Wendy's Chili

2012-01-19 09:55:13 AM

Grand_Moff_Joseph: spending what little money he has on smokes and beer

A wise man would call up his broker and invest that $8.

Jake Havechek

2012-01-19 10:04:46 AM

He should be proud to be an American, where at least he knows he's free.

factoryconnection

2012-01-19 10:08:06 AM

Gulper Eel: Smokes, cable and beer are not necessities. No further comment necessary...other than that the second half of TFA is behind a subscriber wall, so we have no idea how many lottery tickets he buys.

WaPo is certainly doing no favors to SC or the unemployed by picking this guy as the model. High-school dropout from a family of idiots, no financial planning sense, no skills... this article is a summation of every GOP candidate's assessment of the poor being inferior, good-for-nothings.

GoBadgers

2012-01-19 10:08:14 AM

He can't be too down and out if he has that enormous television set.

ringersol

2012-01-19 10:08:29 AM

Subby: "Out of work. Out of money. Out of health care."

You said "out of work" three times...

trappedspirit

2012-01-19 10:08:34 AM

I'm still too proud to sign up for an account

papatex

2012-01-19 10:09:00 AM

In before all the politicalliness...

HotWingConspiracy

2012-01-19 10:09:01 AM

Poor? He has a tv and a refrigerator.

A refrigerator, people.

Forgot_my_password_again

2012-01-19 10:09:33 AM

Gulper Eel: Smokes, cable and beer are not necessities.

turning on a tv doesn't mean it has cable. the other 2 I agree.

Still, if we can bail out wall street bankers with hundreds of billions of tax payer bootstraps, we should be able to help the little guys too.

SuperTramp

2012-01-19 10:09:39 AM

GoBadgers
He can't be too down and out if he has that enormous television set.

The article mentioned a refrigerator, too

/so vote Republican

calm like a bomb

2012-01-19 10:09:48 AM

Walker

2012-01-19 10:10:21 AM

doubled99

2012-01-19 10:10:40 AM

"I got a solution! You're a dick!
South Carolina, wassup?!?"

idiocracy

Vkingbanna

2012-01-19 10:10:41 AM

Why should he vote in the primary? None of the Republican candidates will help his situation.

Prevailing Wind

2012-01-19 10:11:45 AM

Sigh...and here's his brother wife.

Miss South Carolina

Jake Havechek

2012-01-19 10:11:48 AM

You have a refrigerator, you rich bastard, shut up!

fredsnake

2012-01-19 10:12:15 AM

Ron Paul 2012, because we don't have 4 more years to pi$$ away.

Fabric_Man

2012-01-19 10:12:49 AM

factoryconnection: Gulper Eel: Smokes, cable and beer are not necessities. No further comment necessary...other than that the second half of TFA is behind a subscriber wall, so we have no idea how many lottery tickets he buys.

WaPo is certainly doing no favors to SC or the unemployed by picking this guy as the model. High-school dropout from a family of idiots, no financial planning sense, no skills... this article is a summation of every GOP candidate's assessment of the poor being inferior, good-for-nothings.

WHAT?! Didn't you see the picture? He's white!

I_Am_Weasel

2012-01-19 10:13:09 AM

Looking for something to do?

How about a little light dusting. That might help.

/I'm so critical.

Wellon Dowd

2012-01-19 10:15:32 AM

Forgot_my_password_again: Gulper Eel: Smokes, cable and beer are not necessities.

turning on a tv doesn't mean it has cable. the other 2 I agree.

It mentions him tuning to the Weather Channel, which is only on cable.

neversubmit

2012-01-19 10:15:59 AM

Damn! It sucks to be him. Next time I feel down about living in Arkansas I'll remind myself it could be worse I could be stuck in South Carolina.

Vodka Zombie

2012-01-19 10:16:00 AM

He's got a refrigerator, for god's sake. He's loaded. What the hell is he doing collecting food stamps?

I suppose he's also got a microwave and a TV.

vpb

2012-01-19 10:16:32 AM

It's a shame that he is so lazy and refuses to work. He should blame himself, since all my Republican friends assure me that there are plenty of jobs for anyone who wants to work.

Wasteland

2012-01-19 10:16:34 AM

Wendy's Chili: Grand_Moff_Joseph: spending what little money he has on smokes and beer

A wise man would call up his broker and invest that $8.

The joys of self-medication.

For those who've never been there: smokes and booze are what the uninsured, low end of the socioeconomic ladder get instead of professional treatment for depression. They're necessities in the "keeps the poor bastards from giving in and going postal" sense.

big pig peaches

2012-01-19 10:18:58 AM

Maybe know would be a good time to get that GED.

Jake Havechek

2012-01-19 10:19:04 AM

I bet he has a coffeemaker too, the Scrooge.

blackheart666

2012-01-19 10:20:14 AM

And that cracker will lose his little mind if the *$&%#$ gets re-elected...

URAPNIS

2012-01-19 10:20:53 AM

Wasteland: smokes and booze are what the uninsured, low end of the socioeconomic ladder get instead of professional treatment for depression. They're necessities in the "keeps the poor bastards from giving in and going postal" sense.

Wasteland: Wendy's Chili: Grand_Moff_Joseph: spending what little money he has on smokes and beer

A wise man would call up his broker and invest that $8.

The joys of self-medication.

For those who've never been there: smokes and booze are what the uninsured, low end of the socioeconomic ladder get instead of professional treatment for depression. They're necessities in the "keeps the poor bastards from giving in and going postal" sense.

Smokes and booze work for me too.

Cinaed

2012-01-19 10:21:28 AM

What the fark does he expect?

He has no education, didn't even finish high school, and he wants a job. That's fine there peaches, but lacking even a goddamned G-E-farking-D means the prospects are shiat, will continue to be shiat, if not get worse over time.

Take the farking handout, get some education... something, farking ANYTHING.

Then go 'swim' to your heart's content.

derpdeederp

2012-01-19 10:21:56 AM

Wish they posted his address, I would send him $20.

IrishCanadian

2012-01-19 10:22:02 AM

I can't stand reading stories like this.

Not because "Oh, I feel bad for the poor and downtrodden", but because of this:

FTA:

He had earned as much as $700 a week in the last job he had, and instead of saving for himself he had spent on everyone else. He took his mother out to lunch once a week in Conway. He gave his sister, a single mother, a few twenties every month to help her support twin daughters. He hosted barbecues for his friends and started dating a woman 11 years his junior. Every time she came over to his house, he would pretend to run an errand but sneak out to fill her gas tank instead.

I can be ok with the supporting his sister and visiting his mother - but seriously, if you're earning $700/week (even if it's before taxes) PUT SOME MONEY AWAY SO THIS shiat DOESN'T HAPPEN.

Argh.

PanicMan

2012-01-19 10:22:34 AM

Jake Havechek: He should be proud to be an American, where at least he knows he's free.

This actually made me a little sad.

Wasteland: The joys of self-medication.

Yep. We all do it. It's just easier to justify for yourself than someone else.

Julieahni

2012-01-19 10:23:11 AM

big pig peaches: Maybe know would be a good time to get that GED.

I don't now about that.

big pig peaches

2012-01-19 10:24:36 AM

Julieahni: big pig peaches: Maybe know would be a good time to get that GED.

I don't now about that.

+1 for you sir.

Cythraul

2012-01-19 10:25:54 AM

blackheart666: And that cracker will lose his little mind if the *$&%#$ gets re-elected...

Racist comment made to attack racism. Amusing.

dxk3355

2012-01-19 10:26:50 AM

The Republicans are saying that the welfare state causes sloth, but this guy is living in the opposite of a welfare state and put on 22 lbs.

neversubmit

2012-01-19 10:27:49 AM

Forgot_my_password_again: Gulper Eel: Smokes, cable and beer are not necessities.

turning on a tv doesn't mean it has cable. the other 2 I agree.

Still, if we can bail out wall street bankers with hundreds of billions of tax payer bootstraps, we should be able to help the little guys too.

The "little guys" are too small to succeed. The unemployed should kill themselves it's the patriotic thing to do.

deadcrickets

2012-01-19 10:27:53 AM

He sounded like the classic Tea Party supporter: on government benefits, but claiming he didn't need government benefits.

Publikwerks

2012-01-19 10:28:25 AM

Julieahni: big pig peaches: Maybe know would be a good time to get that GED.

I don't now about that.

fim.413chan.net

Dr Dreidel

2012-01-19 10:28:45 AM

IrishCanadian: I can't stand reading stories like this.

Not because "Oh, I feel bad for the poor and downtrodden", but because of this:

FTA:

He had earned as much as $700 a week in the last job he had, and instead of saving for himself he had spent on everyone else. He took his mother out to lunch once a week in Conway. He gave his sister, a single mother, a few twenties every month to help her support twin daughters. He hosted barbecues for his friends and started dating a woman 11 years his junior. Every time she came over to his house, he would pretend to run an errand but sneak out to fill her gas tank instead.

I can be ok with the supporting his sister and visiting his mother - but seriously, if you're earning $700/week (even if it's before taxes) PUT SOME MONEY AWAY SO THIS shiat DOESN'T HAPPEN.

Argh.

It's South Carolina. The boonies of South Carolina. $700/week is like billions in the real world.

// Joe Pesci will say anything funny for a nickel, I hear

GibbyTheMole

2012-01-19 10:29:16 AM

So... When all of the candidates are self-serving liars who care nothing about the working-class, and their only mission is to acquire money and power for themselves through whatever means necessary... And if by some miracle an honest person were to run, they would either be crushed during the electoral phase or rendered ineffective by the other 99% of slimeballs in office... Where is the big incentive to vote?

The working class are merely disposable worker robots allowed to exist for the sole purpose of making the rich richer and feeding the government by paying taxes. And that's a status quo they will maintain.

Gulper Eel

2012-01-19 10:29:45 AM

calm like a bomb: You live the life of an unemployed poor guy for a year or so and then see if you feel the same.

I paid my dues. Stonemason's gofer, road-kill picker-upper, golf course clubhouse flunky, convenience-store clerk, and my first full-time gig paid $14k/year which was less than most people's unemployment compensation at the time. Found a cheap-ass studio apartment, but it was out in the sticks with no cable available. So I did without. And did without beer. Wine was strictly in the $7/bottle range and only for when I had a date. Ate lots of ramen noodles and canned veggies. I stayed at that apartment for eight years even after I worked my way up to a better-paying job, and I could have gotten a nicer place because the landlord never raised the rent.

This guy isn't some middle-manager whose job got outsourced out of existence. This guy made a serious of choices that virtually guaranteed he'd be in the position he is now.

Not that I think college is for everybody, but dropping out of high school is a major dumbass move. It is unsurprising that he also makes other dumb choices.

Forgot_my_password_again: turning on a tv doesn't mean it has cable.

The Weather Channel (noted in TFA) is not a rabbit-ears channel.

trappedspirit

2012-01-19 10:30:04 AM

Wellon Dowd: Forgot_my_password_again: Gulper Eel: Smokes, cable and beer are not necessities.

turning on a tv doesn't mean it has cable. the other 2 I agree.

It mentions him tuning to the Weather Channel, which is only on cable.

Well imagine him going for a job interview and they discover he doesn't know what happened on the latest Seinfeld episode? It could cost him the job.

USCLaw2010

2012-01-19 10:30:28 AM

Conway farmers always have needs for people to help with cotton and tobacco harvests. It's hard work, but it'll keep you fed. I used to pick the tobacco during the summer months I had off from school for my buddys family. Not saying it's a dream job or would pay great, but it's SC buddy and you live in Horry County. Most working class white folks there came from yeoman farming families who were dirt poor since they got off the boat.

doubled99

2012-01-19 10:30:40 AM

Yeah, because his vote will make a big difference in his life.

erupt2001

2012-01-19 10:30:51 AM

"He had worked six days a week ever since he dropped out of high school at 16.."

And there you have it folks. Make sure to tip the bartenders on the way out the door.

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