Fox News Attacks__ Safety Net Beneficiaries as "Takers"

[Derechos]

Fox News Business is running a week-long attack on the social safety net, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, labeling beneficiaries of these programs "takers." This messaging comes on the heels of a National Bureau of Economic Research study that concluded that these programs are highly effective at keeping people out of poverty

After A Report Concluding That Public Programs Are Very Effective At Reducing Poverty ...

CBPP: "The Poverty Rate Would Double Without" Public Assistance Programs. From a blog post by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, commenting on a National Bureau of Economic Research study on social safety net programs:

With anti-poverty programs under serious attack in Washington, here's something to keep in mind: a major new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) finds that public programs keep one in six Americans out of poverty -- primarily the elderly, disabled, and working poor -- and that the poverty rate would double without these programs.

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[rfranklin]

1. The "takers" are the ultra wealthy who steal the productivity of the working people...

Typical "blame the victim" that appeals to the authoritarian followers.

[Marr]

2. Do they know who their audience is?

I'd love to see this campaign creep over to the basic Fox News channel itself.

[Bake]

3. Of course they NEVER refer to corporations as "takers."

America: Time to wake the fuck UP!!!!

Bake

[OHdem10]

4. "Old as the hills", shame people and make them embarrassed

to take Public Assistance of any kind--even though your
taxes are used to fund it.

Make it seem like a badge of honor to say I do not want
any help from the government(even if you starve).

You are nothing or a nobody if you take public assistance.

No able bodied man should have public assistance.

Use shame or any other means to prevent as many as possible
for getting assistance.