Do you think food stamps/welfare/medicaid should be eliminated?

[Anonymous]

Why should hard working middle class do charity or donate money for the services of the ultra poor? Why would anyone have the incentive to do better in life if they can do less than bare minimum and still get 3 nice meals a day?

[DonaldDarko]

I'm an eclecticist so I'm not against socialism. I'm against all in socialism or any other system. I don't think any of them work by themselves. I'm all for these programs but they need to be used sparingly , they only work if we make sure we keep taxes as low as possible, especially for the wealthy who create the most jobs. Otherwise you get capital flight. Deregulate as much as possible and lower taxes. The economy will grow and the smaller percentage of taxes will come from a much larger amount of money. Then you can have some programs like this. In the interim be working on ways to eliminate poverty such as raising IQ. You do this by incentivizing prison inmates to get vasectomies, you fund abortion among the very poor, drug addicts, anyone with an IQ under 100. You push population control for the sake of the "environment" or some other such excuse. But, only in slum arias not in arias where high IQ people live. There you hand out grants, low interest loans, tax breaks if you have children, more for each new child born. Gifted people get free college. I also recommend mandatory MRI brain scans at a certain age to check for signs of sociopathy. Flunk that MRI scan and you get sterilized that same week.

[NaultD]

They will steal it at gun point and more mass shootings to kill themselves.

[dustybiker2]

America is the most selfish country on the planet. Congratulations.

[dustybiker2]

I can't believe someone can reach the age of 29 and legitimately ask this. Zero comprehension of illness, disability and or old age. "Trump says."

[Asker]

Selfish? Who is giving alway a third of their annual salary to the poor?

[arizonasunshine]

No. Societies need a social safety net. But the American safety that is abused too much. Trump is trying to crack down on the scams, but the left is throwing a fit about that. They only care about voters voting for them.

[Miristheiss]

I think there are way too many scammers and they should weed them out.

[exitseven]

It should be eliminated for illegal aliens and others that do not qualify. It should not be a career choice.

[DrPepper12]

Another coward who doesn't understand poverty.

[Asker]

Poverty comes from laziness.

[DrPepper12]

Impoverished people are the hardest working people there are.

[Seangreen]

seeing that the top 10% of earners pay the vast majority of the taxes, no keep it rolling.

[Asker]

They dont. Most of the rich pay no taxes

[Seangreen]

child, better learn how to read, I specifically put earners, not rich people

[arizonasunshine]

@asker
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow said that Trump didn’t pay taxes. Guess how much he paid?

[Seangreen]

@arizonasunshine what is Trump have to do with this at all I don't understand

[arizonasunshine]

She said the rich don’t pay taxes. I always consider Trump rich.

[Seangreen]

@arizonasunshine right but my comment was about earners not rich people some earners are rich but there are some rich people that aren't owners but almost all of them make some kind of passive income so they're paying some kind of tax and capital gains tax is less than payroll taxes so yeah the rich don't pay as much if they make passive income but on a percentage wise not on actual volume

[arizonasunshine]

I wasn’t replying to your comment. That’s why my reply started with @asker

[Seangreen]

@arizonasunshine yeah but it was she was replying to my comment and then you're replying to her to my comment so I don't know what the fuck is going on maybe just start a different thread then or something

[arizonasunshine]

Just delete my comments.

[jahaims]

If you take away resources you will have millions of hungry people with nothing to lose.

[Anonymous]

they should be reformed and given tight restrictions

[Sal_Monella]

No, but regulated to it doesn't finance street gangs.

[Anonymous]

Person with chronic illness here , this is the most entitled bs I’ve ever heard

[zombiewoof]

No, but corporate subsidies should

[NMoris88]

No very bad idea