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bountyhunter:
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--- Quote ---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.
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--- Quote ---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.
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