deskpro2k3 said:
irstupid said:
Don't you love his response to you. He nitpicks out one small aspect of your post and says he can't be bothered to argue with you because of it.
But I always loved that about Democrats in regards to Federal Assistance. They LOVE to tout how many people they added to some assistance program like its a good thing. Like in what world would someone brag about "more people than ever are now on food stamps, or welfare" How can that possibly be a good thing.
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all these famous people lived on foodstamps and I'm sure there is a lot more that I don't know of. These programs help a lot of people.
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That is not the point. The point is that if someone is on food stamps/welfare/ect that means they are in need. (If they are not taking advantage of the system)
Is it not better to brag about having less people on food stamps/welfare? That means less people are in need and have jobs and are helping out our economy, paying taxes, ect. But I've always found that people think in one of two ways regarding this issue.
1. Wellfare/Foodstamp numbers are up. Some think it's great news, as that means more people that are in need have gotten help. Others see that as shitty news cause it means that more people are in need and the economy/job market is shitty.
2. Wellfare/foodstamp numbers are down. Some think it's great news, as that means there are less people out there in need and the economy/job market is doing good. Others see it as shitty news, cause they assume that means that there are a ton of people out there in need that aren't getting help.
I'm on the side that likes to see welfare/foodstamp numbers down. Not because I want to say an extra dollar on my taxes a year paying for those programs, but because why would I celebrate people needing help or our economy/job market not being good enough for people to be able to support themselves or their families. When I see low numbers, I take that as a good sign, that less people are in need, not that less needy people are being helped.