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- Libertarian - Right
I have no problem with my tax-dollars going to a 5-year welfare program for folks that are down on their luck.
all sorts of people go on public assistance. I remember years ago, we almost had a welfare-to-work person who had a Phd.
we were like.."what??????? someone with a Phd was on welfare????" but it was true.
times are tough, and all sorts of folks need help. my cousin's husband was a stock broker, got laid off in 2008, and had to go on unemployment. I don't think he thought he'd ever be in such a position. but it happens to even the luckiest and most fortunate of us all.
I oppose most government welfare programs for several reasons
1) most are not proper constitutionally if they are run by the federal government
2) they are usually designed to buy the votes for the politicians who push them rather than to actually help the poor
3) they tend to create people who become addicted to entitlements and who then continue to vote for the politicians who take from us to give to the addicts
4) subsidizing dependency increases dependency
I much prefer private charity which is far less likely to be abused and is not intended to benefit pimps known as politicians