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81-Year-Old Waitress in US Can't Retire, Struggles With $910 Social Security (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The part that is truly frustrating is that, the same people who will empty their pockets for (often dubious) charities, will cry about taxes and smear social programs (targeting the same exact issues) as "handouts".

The cognitive dissonance is unreal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Absolutely. Like the church goers who donate to a church program and vote against social programs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They are not suffering cognitive dissonance, you are in trying to understand them.

Rush Limbaugh is known to tip 50% at restaurants, but flies into a broadcast tirade if even half that dollar amount is deducted from his paycheck by "The Government." That's despite the fact that the money helps that very same single mom he had no problem tipping in her capacity as a waitress.

What is the Monkeysphere explains much of this thought, and describes how fucked we humans are in large groups. (OLD article and the formatting screwed, read it anyway.)