Morning Awful: Voucher Stampede

This is what collapse looks like. Texas takes special pride in not rewarding the “deserving poor” on a good day, so naturally a few years of recession and reduced spending on public housing systems have led to these scenes. Rick Perry’s budget “miracle” has been laid on the backs of these people:

Next, the carnage becomes proof that government does not work and handouts reward bad behavior. You can work three jobs while going to school, but you obviously chose to be a working- or middle-class undergraduate with three jobs instead of a privileged trust fund kid. See how that works?


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