Thomas told listeners that he opposed public assistance because it had caused his sister and her children to become dependent on welfare payments.
“She gets mad when the mailman is late with her welfare check,” Thomas said in a remark that has since been widely quoted. “That is how dependent she is. What’s worse is that now her kids feel entitled to the check, too. They have no motivation for doing better or getting out of that situation.”
But a journalist tracked down Thomas’ sister and discovered that what he said about her was not quite true. She learned that while Thomas attended law school, his sister Emma Mae Martin worked two minimum-wage jobs before quitting to take care of an ailing elderly aunt. She did receive welfare checks, but their sums were paltry, and she later took another job as a hospital cook. And her children all either worked or were in school when the journalist spoke with her. One even served his country aboard a battleship during Operation Desert Storm.
He's like Major Major's father in Catch 22:Maybe because he is a liar?
Here’s why many Black people despise Clarence Thomas. (It’s not because he’s a conservative.)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has spent his career lecturing Black people about living off of welfare from the government. But it turns out he’s apparently done very well with handouts from the rich and powerful – a fact that has not gone unnoticed by the Black community.www.yahoo.com
Major Major's father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age. He was a long-limbed farmer, a God-fearing, freedom-loving, law-abiding rugged individualist who held that federal aid to anyone but farmers was creeping socialism. He advocated thrift and hard work and disapproved of loose women who turned him down. His specialty was alfalfa, and he made a good thing out of not growing any. The government paid him well for every bushel of alfalfa he did not grow. The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn't earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce. Major Major's father worked without rest at not growing alfalfa. On long winter evenings he remained indoors and did not mend harness, and he sprang out of bed at the crack of noon every day just to make certain that the chores would not be done. He invested in land wisely and soon was not growing more alfalfa than any other man in the county. Neighbors sought him out for advice on all subjects, for he had made much money and was therefore wise. “As ye sow, so shall ye reap,” he counseled one and all, and everyone said, “Amen.
More info:
Playbook: Ginni Thomas spurs a new SCOTUS headache
And Chuck Todd signs off from "Meet the Press."www.politico.com
Thanks. The other one was problematic I know.Lock her up!
That article is difficult to read. Here is a better one IMO.
Ginni Thomas founded a nonprofit with funding from Harlan Crow weeks ahead of the Citizens United ruling to advance conservative causes
Thomas' lawyer filed paperwork to begin the process of establishing the nonprofit two months before the Citizens United ruling, Politico reported.www.yahoo.com
Thanks. The other one was problematic I know.
Sen Sheldon Whitehouse details scheme how right wing billionaires are corrupting the SCOTUS. We may have violations of tax laws. Senate currently investigating. Thank God Dems have control of Senate
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Seriously consider how fucked up that statement is.I really hope that if there is such a scheme that any investigation takes down all those involved. Sadly, if we have multiple billionaires involved it seems highly likely they could buy enough members of congress to squash such investigations.
Seriously consider how fucked up that statement is.
Good argument against billionaires.
Lol the idea of Citizen United must really rub these people the wrong way.
edit: Its heart breaking to contemplate that the alt-right deep-state conspiracy nut jobs almost got it right. Almost. So close. Yet lightyears away.
B,b, but Soros.Yet another bribery chapter for dear Uncle Thomas. Gift that keeps giving.
Pay wall care to summarize?About damn time. Hit these crooks with subpoenas.
For me, too. Try thisPay wall care to summarize?
The good news here too is that since Democrats control the DOJ these subpoenas will actually be enforced.For me, too. Try this
,https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-whit...-harlan-crow-leonard-leo-subpoenas-rcna122969
Senator DicK Durbin said " I’m asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to grant me authorization to issue subpoenas to Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, and Robin Arkley II – the next step in our Supreme Court ethics investigation."