08-15-2015, 03:15 PM
(08-15-2015, 02:52 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I grasp it.
They are so small that they don't make a difference, right?
Best I can tell the Federal government spends about $300 billion a year on what you would call "social welfare".
So based on that it seems like $125 billion a year would be a very signifcant amount of money.
Federal governments number one role is the protection of their citizens.
I fail to comprehend why you feel that it's the role of the government to play the wet nurse.
At the end of the day, we can just agree to disagree and move on. You're not going to convince me of anything otherwise with your ridiculous assumptions and strawman arguments, so just let it go.
It's obvious that you have zero clue about how economics work, you're certainly not alone amongst liberals in that regard.
