What is compassionate about a nation having a welfare system?

[mrstickball]

Kasz216 said:

mrstickball said:

No, its not compassionate.

Compassion is getting off your rear end, and going to a homeless shelter or food pantry and either giving money to help them buy products to help the needy, or doing work yourself. That is compassion. Welfare is....Welfare. There is no real way to define it other that the word exists in and of itself.

@PS3beats360 - Where exactly did the near-$1 trillion stimulus help the US economy?

What's funny about the Stimulus is, i don't understand why money went where it did.  The District of Columbia was awarded more money then 28 states!

http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecipientReportedData/Pages/Landing.aspx

Not only that, every time I see a 'Stimulus & Recovery Act' sign on the road, its on a road that really didn't need repaired. They have about 1 mile of road all cut up for construction due to the stimulus where I live....Have been working on it for 6-9 months now. The insane part is that the road just got repaired about 2 years prior!