Sure, Medicaid is also welfare.
Sorry if you don’t like my definition. But my definition of welfare is “transfer payments”, when the fruits of hard work of one group of people is transferred to a bunch of non-working ingrates - and Social Security fits that definition just as much as Medicaid.
The days of the “Lock Box” are long-gone, as well as any “trust fund”. It was all spent years ago. For the people retired now and those retiring, their “Social Security Tax” is nothing other than another income tax, it all goes into the same place and it is spent as it comes in and then some.
It is welfare...and since even conservatives DEMAND their welfare, nothing will change. I’m not an idiot. I know that there is NOTHING that I can do to change their attitude of entitlement to money that doesn’t exist and must become debt on my kids - but that’s why I support paying for it now - or at least going in that direction. To keep this country from collapsing, we MUST break the cycling of stealing from future generations.
Also, suggest you look up Laffer Curve, because your previous answer is incorrect.
“I’m not an idiot”
This thread prooves you are!
As far as your kids, that’s your problem for having them, if you’re so worried, provide for them before you croak but not on my dime!