"He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. "
And the money to provide for Dad's SS check is a gift from on high? I think Joe is paying taxes to support his dad, rather than paying him directly, as would be the case had not liberals decided citizens couldn't be trusted with such a duty.
Take that tack with every one of this person's allegations and you'll do fine, I think.