The Morning Quote

Attributed to Nicholas Kristoff and reported by Uncle Charlie Pierce at Esquire:

“Some young people here don’t join the military (a traditional escape route for poor, rural Americans) because it’s easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments.”

Of which the shorter version is: “The nerve of the peasants to not get in line to be cannon fodder in our imperial wars for US corporations!”

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3 Responses to “The Morning Quote”

  1. Big Bad Bald Bastard: December 11th, 2012 at 11:24 am

    Basically, the choices are to sell your body to either the military or Walmart… pretty dim prospects, there.

  2. Nangleator: December 11th, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    I’m sure the sentiment is, “Dammit! They are stealing my taxes by doing that, the lazy bastards! If only they weren’t lazy, I wouldn’t have to pay ANY taxes!”

    I’d be curious to see the difference in governmental cost between a citizen having a four-year military career, and one who chooses to be on food stamps with a Walmart job, for four years. I’m guessing that whatever Haliburton is called now, it extracts a hefty chunk of change per G.I. Joe these days, on top of training, housing, feeding, and arming a soldier.

  3. Dimitrios: December 11th, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    “They chose the least lethal method of staying alive. Obviously, our education system hasn’t been degraded enough, if they’re still capable of such critical thinking,” he did not add.