Walmart is not the problem there; foodstamps are. The federal gov’t should collect taxes only to support the “common” good. National defense, border security, interstate commerce are a few examples that come to mind. Charity for individuals does not serve the common good of the entire nation. Why should someone in North Dakota have to buy food for someone in Detroit? Why should workers in North Carolina send checks to people in Iowa who don’t work?
Childless couples in New Mexico should not be forced to provide school lunches for kids in Georgia.
That’s the trick of government. You think they’re “giving” you something over here, but you’re paying for all the stuff they’re “giving” over there.
It would be a lot cheaper for everyone just to pay for their own stuff, for two reasons:
1) Government makes it cost more (overhead, fraud, cronyism, inefficiency etc.)
2) Money gets spent that would not necessarily be spent. If you think you’re going to get a new school (e.g.), but don’t really need one, you’ll take it anyway. What you don’t see are the unneeded schools being built all over the place, that everyone thinks they’re “getting”.
“Walmart is not the problem there; foodstamps are”.
...and the list goes on and on and on. Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, Wick, heartless as it may seem to the emotional left, sticking to the intent of the founders and the Constitution is the only thing that is going to save the Republic and thus the majority of the people sustaining the Republic now. The rest will be dragged kicking and screaming along for the ride screaming it isn’t fair.
So who is it that is willing to sink the ship of state for the needs and wants of a few welfare recipients?
The question is rhetorical. The answer is telling.