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, having spent BILLIONS on various forms of welfare assistance

Billions?

TRILLIONS!

In fact, we are spending over $1 trillion JUST THIS LATEST BUDGET--in one year! Even most conservatives do not realize that we spend over ONE TRILLION every year on social welfare (Superfunction "Human Resources" in the OMB).

[Hat-Trick]

My apologies. You are correct. TRILLIONS!