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I can see how it would help the economy though. Even though people on welfare and food stamps receive money from the government, that money still gets spent into the economy by using that money to purchase needs. The money comes from the government, goes to a recipient, and then goes to businesses because the recipient makes purchases they wouldn't be able to make otherwise.
the problem being that that money was taken from the economy in the first place. so it's like me taking $1,000 from your savings account, taking a 25% cut (to represent running that money through the bureacracy), depositing the rest into your checkings account; and claiming that i've made you $750 richer.