Joni Ernst: A Whole ‘Generation’ Relies ‘On The Government To Provide Absolutely Everything For Them’
Joni Ernst, pig testicle juggler, and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, said that a “generation of people” has been created that relies “on the government to provide absolutely everything for them” in an audio highlighted by Democrats on Thursday.
Ernst just Mitt Romneyed her state’s voters by labeling them as takers and makers, just not quite as bluntly as the failed presidential candidate did in his ’47 percent’ moment.
In the audio, which was tagged by Talking Points Memo, Ernst said a “generation of people” has been created that relies “on the government to provide absolutely everything for them.”
Ernst continued to say that “it’s going to take a lot of education to get people out of that. It’s going to be very painful and we know that.”
She further claimed that the Affordable Care Act would exacerbate this problem. “We’re looking at Obamacare right now. Once we start with those benefits in January, how are we going to get people off of those?” she said. “It’s exponentially harder to remove people once they’ve already been on those programs.”
The Washington Post reports:
In the audio, Ernst came out for a balanced budget amendment, said that would require “severe cuts,” reiterated her desire to eliminate the Department of Education, vowed a “good, hard look at entitlement programs,” and said electing a GOP Senate majority would be a key step towards all of this. She also said we are “encouraging people” to get on food stamps. And then she waxed philosophical:
“What we have to do a better job of is educating not only Iowans, but the American people that they can be self-sufficient. They don’t have to rely on the government to be the do-all, end-all for everything they need and desire, and that’s what we have fostered, is really a generation of people that rely on the government to provide absolutely everything for them. It’s going to take a lot of education to get people out of that. It’s going to be very painful and we know that. So do we have the intestinal fortitude to do that?…
Those comments were made in 2013. Obamacare is here. The economy is healing. The Apocalypse didn’t happen. Neither did the death panels.
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48 responses to Joni Ernst: A Whole ‘Generation’ Relies ‘On The Government To Provide Absolutely Everything For Them’
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nola878 October 16th, 2014 at 22:51
If she really means what she’s saying, she should shout loud about the evils of farm subsidies…that’ll go down swell in Iowa…
burqa October 16th, 2014 at 23:32
Good call.
I would add that if she really means what she is saying, let’s see how long she can go without doing anything that involves or involved government funding. Let’s see her only take medicines that were developed without government investment, drive only on roads built by private industry or only eat food that has not been inspected by government inspectors.
burqa October 16th, 2014 at 23:26
Few in Iowa would be able to hear the audio without Rural Electrification. When Rural Electrification was enacted, 90% or rural America had no electricity in their homes.
burqa October 16th, 2014 at 23:26
Few in Iowa would be able to hear the audio without Rural Electrification. When Rural Electrification was enacted, 90% of rural America had no electricity in their homes.
tiredoftea October 17th, 2014 at 00:31
Ernst said a “generation of people” has been created that relies “on the government to provide absolutely everything for them.”Yes, Joni, they’re called corporations!
Wayout October 17th, 2014 at 09:11
But at least corporations pay taxes, most of them anyway, unless of course you are one of Obama’s friends at GE. People on the dole just keep taking and taking. From food stamps, to welfare payments, to Sections 8 housing. Aren’t YOU tired of paying for all that stuff for others?
OldLefty October 17th, 2014 at 09:22
But at least corporations pay taxes, most of them anyway, unless of course you are one of Obama’s friends at GE.
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Very little, and why only GE? (According to the company release, GE’s effective tax rate jumped to 29 percent in 2011. The company paid $2.9 billion in worldwide corporate income tax in 2011, and another $1 billion in other U.S. taxes that year, the release states.)
Why not close the loopholes that allow them to go overseas and take relocating their factories off as a deduction?
And yes, we ARE tired of paying for the 1%, and many of us remember when more working Americans could make enough money in America to PAY more in taxes for the society they wanted.
tiredoftea October 17th, 2014 at 12:34
Corporations pay much less than they should in federal taxes and get state and local subsidies that drain city, county and state coffers. So, yes, I’m tired of all the breaks they get to “create jobs” and don’t create enough of them while they pay no penalties for taking those jobs offshore while paying senior management and boards of directors who excessively enrich themselves at our expense.
Anyone who is awarded, yes, awarded, public funds for SNAP and Section 8 housing are means tested to ensure their eligibility for those funds. The abuse there is much less than the tax abuse of the uber rich who escape their tax obligations by having their captive politicians write tax laws in their favor.
Mostly, I’m tired of ignorant clowns like you who spout nonsense crap here without giving thought to whether any of it makes sense.
tiredoftea October 17th, 2014 at 00:31
Ernst said a “generation of people” has been created that relies “on the government to provide absolutely everything for them.”Yes, Joni, they’re called corporations!
Wayout October 17th, 2014 at 09:11
But at least corporations pay taxes, most of them anyway, unless of course you are one of Obama’s friends at GE. People on the dole just keep taking and taking. From food stamps, to welfare payments, to Sections 8 housing. Aren’t YOU tired of paying for all that stuff for others?
OldLefty October 17th, 2014 at 09:22
But at least corporations pay taxes, most of them anyway, unless of course you are one of Obama’s friends at GE.
_________
Very little, and why only GE? (According to the company release, GE’s effective tax rate jumped to 29 percent in 2011. The company paid $2.9 billion in worldwide corporate income tax in 2011, and another $1 billion in other U.S. taxes that year, the release states.)
Why not close the loopholes that allow them to go overseas and take relocating their factories off as a deduction?
And yes, we ARE tired of paying for the 1%, and many of us remember when more working Americans could make enough money in America to PAY more in taxes for the society they wanted.
tiredoftea October 17th, 2014 at 12:34
Corporations pay much less than they should in federal taxes and get state and local subsidies that drain city, county and state coffers. So, yes, I’m tired of all the breaks they get to “create jobs” and don’t create enough of them while they pay no penalties for taking those jobs offshore while paying senior management and boards of directors who excessively enrich themselves at our expense.
Anyone who is awarded, yes, awarded, public funds for SNAP and Section 8 housing are means tested to ensure their eligibility for those funds. The abuse there is much less than the tax abuse of the uber rich who escape their tax obligations by having their captive politicians write tax laws in their favor.
Mostly, I’m tired of ignorant clowns like you who spout nonsense crap here without giving thought to whether any of it makes sense.
fahvel October 17th, 2014 at 03:21
does her pretending to public office possibly suggest she is part of that sad sad iowa generation of takers who contribute nothing?
fahvel October 17th, 2014 at 03:21
does her pretending to public office possibly suggest she is part of that sad sad iowa generation of takers who contribute nothing?
majii October 17th, 2014 at 05:00
So says the woman who is in the U.S. military and the Iowa Senate, both institutions that “take care” of her by paying her with citizens’ tax money.
Do the politicians who have always sucked at the government teat realize how stupid they sound when they accuse others of “relying on the government?”
Wayout October 17th, 2014 at 09:06
Being in the military is actually SERVING your country, not just taking from it. You libs just can’t stand the truth.
OldLefty October 17th, 2014 at 09:30
Like all the “fighting Democrats” who served, whom you CONS trashed?
Obewon October 18th, 2014 at 09:38
Phony Joni is nothing more than a foolish hypocritical ditzy #GOPKochAddict. Wayout was too scared of “Being in the military.”
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 20:17
That’s rich, coming from the guy who is “not all that aggrieved” when US troops are needlessly killed in wars for profits.
majii October 17th, 2014 at 05:00
So says the woman who is in the U.S. military and the Iowa Senate, both institutions that “take care” of her by paying her with citizens’ tax money.
Do the politicians who have always sucked at the government teat realize how stupid they sound when they accuse others of “relying on the government?”
Wayout October 17th, 2014 at 09:06
Being in the military is actually SERVING your country, not just taking from it. You libs just can’t stand the truth.
OldLefty October 17th, 2014 at 09:30
Like all the “fighting Democrats” who served, whom you CONS trashed?
Obewon October 18th, 2014 at 09:38
Phony Joni is nothing more than a foolish hypocritical ditzy #GOPKochAddict. Wayout was too scared of “Being in the military.”
jasperjava October 28th, 2014 at 20:17
That’s rich, coming from the guy who is “not all that aggrieved” when US troops are needlessly killed in wars for profits.
Gindy51 October 17th, 2014 at 07:29
Yea, Joni, YOUR base you know the teabagging seniors in hover rounds on social security and medicare. Stupid twit.