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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
The paper cost of welfare is only part of the equation.
You also have to look at the long term cumulative effect of welfare on the economy, not just the paper cost, but also what you DIDN'T get. You didn't get productive workers. You need to consider the enormous cost of having all of these completely non-productive persons. You are seeing it now. Part of our economy is nothing but "dead weight."
And universal healthcare will further burden us, it will be the last nail in the coffin of a great country.
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Well Republicans are the ones handing out money to farmers and telling them not to grow. I think that's exactly what you're railing against. The actual public welfare paid out by the federal government is fairly small and has very little impact on our budget.
As for our economy being dead weight, I agree, there are parts of our country that are. They are called red states. They are the ones that have the poorest economies and take in the most money per person. The blue states are the ones paying in the most and getting back the least. Seems the Republican states are the ones that are not productive and dead weight on the economy.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/266.html
Talking points mean shit when they can't be backed up with facts.