Reply #14: When my Republican friends ... [View All]

[Laelth]

... complain about welfare programs, I usually reply that the rich receive a lot more welfare from the government than the poor ever will. Corporate welfare is the #1 budget-buster in our country. And Corporations don't care about the people. They care about making money. Corporations see their own employees as a necessary evil. If they could just hire a machine to do all their work (and cut the costs of labor), they'd do it in a heartbeat. Besides, and this is the best part, government handouts to the poor get pumped right back into the economy. The poor spend it. The rich, on the other hand, horde it, and invest it in corporations that are trying to outsource American jobs. It just makes good sense to give to the poor ... generously. It makes no sense to give to the rich.

In any event, welcome to DU! We welcome all sane ex-Republicans, and you sound positively enlightened--a champion of our Constitution and our civil liberties. Glad to have you aboard!

:patriot:

-Laelth