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Allen West: “Social Security Is A Form Of Slavery”

Posted: July 8, 2012

Allen West

Representative Allen West whose political commentary has often veered into the realm of the “controversial” said that Social Security, the government’s guaranteed pension plan, is “a form of modern, 21st century slavery.”

West was responding to a question by a reporter about the increase in Americans applying for and receiving Social Security benefits when he said,

“that is an unfortunate consequence of failing economic policies coming from the president so that now when people are running out of the unemployment benefits, now they are looking toward going on Social Security disability… so once again we are creating the sense of economic dependence, which to me is a form of modern, 21st century slavery.”

West has often taken his ridiculous comments to the next level.  Just last week he made his first reference to slavery when he said about social programs and President Obama saying,

“[President Obama] does not want you to have the self-esteem of getting up and earning, and having that title of American … he’d rather you be his slave.”

While it may appear that West makes these outlandish comments due to his firm commitment to extreme conservative convictions, last week MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry accused West of straight up seeking attention saying West was one of those politicians who “go over the boundary a little bit, in part to get free media coverage.”

West has also been previously ridiculed for suggesting that he had evidence that more than 80 Democratic members of Congress were communists.  There is nothing like channeling Joseph McCarthy to get a rise out of the media.



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3 Archived Responses to “ Allen West: “Social Security Is A Form Of Slavery” ”

  1. Italo DeBlasi
    Jul 23, 2012

    Allen West is right. Welfare is a form of slavery especially when many have become addicted to it.I applaud Allen for sying it like it is and not sugar coating the truth. America needs to wake up to the fact that fascism is fully functional and despite WW2 still survives here.

  2. Anonymous
    Jul 25, 2012

    Allen West ROCKS! He continues to put the liberal media in their place and they don't like it. Allen West has a life long service to his country both in and out of uniform and works hard to keep liberals and their supporting media from taking over the country. What kind of journalist writes, "West has often taken his ridiculous comments to the next level"? That's an opinion freak, leave those to the public. Write the facts and leave it at that.

  3. Stephany Hammond
    Sep 4, 2012

    Alan west is a clown! no one should take this man serious. first is SS is slavery so is 401k plans and IRA's and pensions because they all are methods for saving for retirement. SS is a savings the goverment puts away for you, the rest you put away for yourself. second welfare was reformed in the Clinton administration. no one can recieve welfare for no more than 5 years in you life time. so no one can be addicted to it any more. the majority only recieve food stamps and these are working poor who work for large cooperations like walmart that don't want to pay a living wage. Alan west keeps himself in the lime light by saying the craziest things that don't make a lick of sense.