Back in the early 70’s, I was newly-married, in college, and getting by on a meager part-time income. I applied for and received food stamps, even though we could have manged without them. My rationale was, if the government is stupid enough to hand them out to someone who would not otherwise starve, I should be smart enough to take advantage of them.
After about six months I could not continue living with that decision, when I realized that it wasn’t the government that provided food stamps, but hard-working men and women; taxpayers in other words. So I un-enrolled. To this day that remains the only government hand-out I’ve ever received, and not one I am proud of.
So before you reverse course and put your values aside for the sake of a political end, think long and hard about it. Just be sure you are willing to engage in that kind of non-violent warfare, because that’s what it is.
>>> After about six months I could not continue living with that decision, when I realized that it wasn’t the government that provided food stamps, but hard-working men and women; taxpayers in other words.
If the government was running a balanced budget, that would be true... but as our debt deepens, the money is actually coming from those who continue to loan the government money. And, when the credit runs dry, and the dollar crashes, every American regardless of what they drew from government will be indebted to the nation or nations which invade our borders to collect on our debt.
You are correct; although I see this as a confirmation of my values rather than forsaking them.
Please watch RR's "A Time for Choosing". Each one us has to decide if we are committed to the shining beacon upon the hill.