Words matter.

You aren’t writing an academic paper. Always use simple direct language.

  • Help the poor
  • Healthcare for everyone
  • Good treatment at work.

Don’t use complex words.

  • SuperCub@sh.itjust.works
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    I get the critical comments here, but I think there’s a basic association of the word “welfare” with the CURRENT system of assistance which leaves too many people out. Democrats have made the current apparati too hard to qualify for with their means-testing. If they were sincere in working for the masses, they would push more universal programs, but at least on the national level, they are bought out by the same corporations as the Republicans.

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      Democrats have made the current apparati too hard to qualify for with their means-testing.

      I kind of doubt that democrats are the ones who MADE it too hard, but they definitely are the ones that preserve it’s difficulty.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        One of Clinton’s major accomplishments was working with Republicans to “reform” welfare.

        Republicans wrote the bill, but a Democrat signed it.