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To: SeekAndFind

No one answers it persuasively because the real answer is not the political answer and a politician cannot square the circle on this one.

The real answer is, of course;

Eliminate welfare. Period. Don’t “reform” it. Eliminate it. It solves the fiscal problems, and as a nice byproduct, in the long run it would eliminate a whole host of social problems once we stopped subsidizing them.


11 posted on 09/21/2015 7:32:04 AM PDT by henkster (Liberals forget Dickens' kids forged an Empire on which the sun never set.)
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To: henkster

You win the Internet, a Guinness, and a kitten.


13 posted on 09/21/2015 7:37:28 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I want to live my cat's life.)
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To: henkster
Unfortunately, even those on 'our side' begin the debate losing, by accepting the premise of the arguement

The question is incomplete. Factually stated: "Given that a small number of illegal/unconstitutional federal expenditures...

I presume you're talking ALL 'welfare' (SS/Medicare/Sect 8/etc)...and I agree.
15 posted on 09/21/2015 7:51:07 AM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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