[JimRed]

...when you cry out that Social Security is broke and needs to be tinkered with—yet on the other hand the government apparently has unlimited funds to prosecute wars in the middle east and maintain bases around the globe-most average americans are disgusted

You neglected to mention the lazy scammers who feed at the trough undeservedly, with fake ailments or affected mental illnesses. The ones who can give you fifty four reasons why they can't work. And the spending for "research" on pressing issues like "why are lesbians fat".

[Fast Ed97]

I don’t like scammers- but at least they are American citizens—many of them are scamming because of the lack of economic opportunity or jobs in their areas—particularly rural. Although I do not condone such actions—It doesn’t bother me considering the money spent overseas and on education, health care, prison for illegals and their children.