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Six years ago I wrote a book called "Uncle Sam's Plantation." I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it.
I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas. A poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism.
I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training (JOBS), Emergency Assistance to Needy Families with Children (EANF), Section 8 Housing, and Food Stamps.
A vast sea of...
Back on Uncle Sam's Plantation
“[T]he American public overwhelmingly voted for socialism
when they elected President Obama. Let’s not act as
though the president didn’t tell the American people --
the president offered the American people health reform
when he ran. He was overwhelmingly elected running on
that and he has delivered what he promised. ... They voted
for President Obama who said this was going to be one of
the first things he would do.... This was not some concept
the president introduced after he won.” --the “Reverend”
Al Sharpton
Sharpton actually gets it partly right -- we were warned.