let them eat cake

[winterbadger]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A campaign worker for President Bush (news - web sites) said on Thursday American workers unhappy with low-quality jobs should find new ones -- or pop a Prozac to make themselves feel better.

"Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?" said Susan Sheybani, an assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt.

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hyperbole

[puabi.livejournal.com]

Or maybe that's just not a problem. Maybe some people would be happier if we returned to the 19th and early 20th century, where child labour (noting your earlier post), overcrowding, and starvation were common. Heck, if all that's good, let's throw in unhealthy working conditions, sexual discrimination, racism, a ban on negiotiating fair labour standards... let's just roll back all of the progressive advances since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Those kids pulling carts in mines were getting paid, right? Why did they complain so much? And workers saying that factory doors ought not to be locked in case of fire--we know that's just an excuse for them to try to steal materials or slip off when they're supposed to be working. If a few dozen get burned to death, well, it will just make the other ones work harder, right?


Why are you resorting to hyperbole? I think at this point in history such a regression would be impossible, thank God. The point is: government should protect your rights, women's rights, minority rights. But that's about all it should do.

Re: hyperbole

[winterbadger]

Why am I resorting to hyperbole? Because what you're suggesting (doing away with all government assistance to the needy of any kind) is no less appalling, regressive, and cruel than any of those other things I suggested, at least in my opinion.