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TexasTowelie

(116,799 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:07 PM Jun 2015

Nevada GOP congressman: My kids ‘will not be a drain on society’ like disabled children

Rep. Cresent Hardy (R-NV) said recently at a Libertarian Party event that he hoped his children would never be a “drain on society” like people who were disabled.

In audio published this week by the Nevada State Democratic Party, Hardy can be heard speaking to attendees at the Libertarian Political Expo in Las Vegas.

“I have three children,” Hardy explains. “One of them is summa cum laude and two were magna cum laude. The other one, he didn’t need an education. He works for Raytheon, smarter than all the rest. He works hard, he builds things that are genius. Some people have that ability.”

“But they all work hard. They are raising their own families,” he continued. “They will not be a drain on society, the best they can. Hopefully they will never have some disability that causes them to have to utilize that.”

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/nevada-gop-congressman-my-kids-will-not-be-a-drain-on-society-like-disabled-children/

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Nevada GOP congressman: My kids ‘will not be a drain on society’ like disabled children (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2015 OP
Somebody Please Reach Down and Whack This Guy Upside the Head For Me Gothmog Jun 2015 #1
My two Summa Cum Laudes and their brother with 'just' a masters ...... marble falls Jun 2015 #2

Gothmog

(154,538 posts)
1. Somebody Please Reach Down and Whack This Guy Upside the Head For Me
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 09:23 PM
Jun 2015

Juanita Jean as the vice chair of the Texas Democratic Party disability caucus took offense at this idiot http://juanitajean.com/somebody-please-reach-down-and-whack-this-guy-upside-the-head-for-me/

marble falls

(62,063 posts)
2. My two Summa Cum Laudes and their brother with 'just' a masters ......
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 08:19 AM
Jun 2015

are the beneficiaries of Head Start, magnet schools, scholarships and all sorts programs. They contribute to society because society contributed to them.

If that Rep's kids went to public schools he never paid in full for their education regardless of the amount property taxes he paid, society did.

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