not everybody. but that it is a good thing to work. work something a good thing. the whole protestant work ethic. the american work ethic. that s, you know, we are criticized around the world by those in eastern europe by working too much. and focusing too much on work. but it really is the essence of the country. why we are such a great country. why we have such a great standard of living. wife we have the ability to rise in america because we he do reward work. the interesting thing about obamacare is this is not new. what obamacare does to middle or lower income americans with this phaseout is in almost every other single poverty program, whether it s food stamps or medicaid or welfare, the more you work, the lower your benefits get. so, what paul ryan was talking about, a poverty trap, there is a poverty trap right now across a lot of government programs. this now expands it to even higher income people to disincentivize them to work. i suppose if you have a really crummy job.
not everybody. but that it is a good thing to work. work something a good thing. the whole protestant work ethic. the american work ethic. that s, you know, we are criticized around the world by those in eastern europe by working too much. and focusing too much on work. but it really is the essence of the country. why we are such a great country. why we have such a great standard of living. wife we have the ability to rise in america because we he do reward work. the interesting thing about obamacare is this is not new. what obamacare does to middle or lower income americans with this phaseout is in almost every other single poverty program, whether it s food stamps or medicaid or welfare, the more you work, the lower your benefits get. so, what paul ryan was talking about, a poverty trap, there is a poverty trap right now across a lot of government programs. this now expands it to even higher income people to disincentivize them to work. i suppose if you have a really crummy job.
this isn t some damn game. we begin with week two of the government shutdown and absolutely no clear sign of how it will end. and in a throwback to the protestant work ethic, the house is actually back in session today on a monday, for heavens sake. and right out of the gate, a bullish speaker, john boehner, is pushing back against claims that he is being bullied by right wing rebels. he says he simply can t put a bill on the floor, because he doesn t have the votes to pass a clean continuing resolution. and in his effort to get the president to give in on something, it sounds as though the speaker has already moved on to the next even more cataclysmic fight over the debt limit, while, of course, blaming the president. a senior white house staffer this morning said that the
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