Comments on: Does It Really Have To Be One Or The Other?

By: Winston Smith

Winston Smith — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:27:45 +0000

Rob I’m not sure where you get your information, but “welfare” as such doesn’t exist. There is a federal program casually called Aid to Dependent Children. This program is directed toward poor women with usually two or more children with little in the way of job skills who has been abandoned by her husband – she may only use this program for a total of five years during her lifetime and she must work forty hours a week to get that supplemental income. The program’s goal is to make sure her children have food and shelter. The total amount of the federal budget for all so-called social programs is less then 3%. We do have well entrenched corporate/business welfare where the government gives money, grants, tax breaks, or other special favorable treatment. Public Citizen estimates for the year 2003 put annual corporate welfare handouts at 125 billion dollars – this is the equivalent of the total tax paid by 60 million Americans. Interesting chart here on where your tax dollars are going, http://www.federalbudget.com/

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:54:03 +0000

The big question; How much does his programs cost the Tax payers? Why would any one not want to give BIG corporation’s tax cuts they provide the jobs for the people. We give so much to everyone that they become reliant on the Government for thier basic needs. Socialized medicine is great in theory, but won’t work. Why should I pay for insurance for me and my family and my tax dollars go to thoes who dont want to pay for insurance. I dont even think its constitutional to use earned income taxes and give it to another person. Lets tap Alaska create a govt owned oil company charge $1.25 a gallon for gas and put .25 towards the deficet, use the nonviolent criminals and put them to work. People on welfare can pick up trash for cities if they don’t have a job and I also believe that wepeople on welfare should have to take urinalysis in order to get thier checks if they fail no money. Close the border with Mexico, state and federal should work hand in hand on deportations, they are ILLEGAL aliens meaning not LEGAL.