Deep within the bowels of Salt Lake City, Mark Ames is on a fact finding mission, uncovering the murky history of the LDS and the Romney family's role in the religion. It is a long, self-chosen hell for him. A hell that he may extend after the election if Mitt Romney wins. A hell he may even reside in, maybe creating a "Mormon Caliphate" of his own.
In these two installments, Mark happens upon Welfare Square, and tours it. What he found is a historical trove of Romney family connections and Anti-New Deal politics that would make Herbert Hoover proud, all under the banner of the Mormon Welfare Plan.
Without giving too much away:
ROMNEY'S "UNCLE WELFARE" >> Deep in the heart of Mormon country, our Senior Editor discovers Mitt's shameful family secret /
A KINGDOM OF MOOCHERS >> Today, the Mormon church gives a smaller percentage of its annual income to charity than Dow Chemical or Morgan Stanley /
There's a time limit to read these two posts, so hop to it!
Nyerd's take: If Mitt Romney wins, expect him to slowly privatize SS/Medicare/Foodstamps/unemployment insurance, destroy participation rates and risk pools, and dump a ticking time bomb on the next administration. Possible net result: Church based and charity programs start looking good --- even though they are completely incapable of handling such demand. Get your grovelling voice ready, this will hurt.
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