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I’m guessing that person who flagged this felt misled by the title, since Americans read the phrase “welfare program” as “benefits for the poor”, while this art
by kweingar 4y ago
I’m guessing that person who flagged this felt misled by the title, since Americans read the phrase “welfare program” as “benefits for the poor”, while this article describes a benefit for homeowners.
- keybored 4y agoIf so those users should be flagged for being politically illiterate. Reframing, satire, and turning the opponent’s talking points around on them are common rhetorical and polemical tools. Does someone who is in favor of welfare for the poor have to be obligated to blindly accept the Reaganite “welfare Queen” angle? Of course not. In fact, why not turn it back on the middle/upper middle class?