The government does it all the time.
I don't think anybody is arguing that the government doesn't do it all the time, they are arguing that it is WRONG to do so. Not the same thing.
I realize that, my point is that it is much less wrong than many of the uses of my tax money and that I am basically OK with it. I am really NOT OK with a lot of other uses of my money.
Summary: not everybody on "welfare" is a deadbeat.
True, but it doesn't follow that therefore welfare should exist. Just because
some of the people who benefit from a program aren't scum doesn't mean that it is a good program, or that any program like it should exist at all.
The primary disconnect is basically this: you are saying in effect, because some of the people don't deserve it, it should not exist. I am saying, because a lot of the people DO NEED it, then I am OK with the fact that some of the money is wasted on dead beats.
You are correct in that we will not agree on that fundamental point.
