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Now here comes Herman Cain, the next rightist Republican fad candidate who will self-destruct, suggesting that jobless and poor people only need to want to become employed and wealthy people. Huh? I give Ron Paul some credit. He was asked about this and said he does not agree with it. Let’s see what Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have to say.

Cain's view is, of course, cruel and absurd and far outside American tradition. The jobless do not want to be jobless. The poor do not want to be poor. Every job fair brings long lines of job seekers. It is ridiculous to suggest that the jobless and poor can snap their fingers and become wealthy in an economy that is so grossly biased for the 1 percent against the 99 percent.

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