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Actually, I agree with your position on welfare.
There was a time when there was no welfare system, and I doubt (although I have no numbers to prove my conjecture) that poverty, homelessness etc was any worse for lack of formalized public aid. I think the welfare has bred a couple of generations of people who think along the lines of Scrooge's "Are there no poor houses?" In other words, "I'm not going to help....I pay the government to help." This extra barrier/buffer of government between the average citizen and the truly needy has been a counterproductive step for lifting the poor, the unemployed, etc by their bootstraps, IMHO. I am much more likely to freely give of my wealth if I know the majority isn't going to end up in the pockets of the government that administers the program.
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Grant
In the stable: 1938 Buick Special model 41, 1963 Solex 2200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia, 1989 VW Doka Tristar, 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2011 Pursuit 315 OS, 2022 Tesla Y
Gone but not forgotten: 1973 VW Beetle, 1989 Porsche 944, 2008 R56 Mini Cooper S
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