>>Maybe before creating another entitlement program country should firstly figure out what to do with other entitlements that may bring it down in not so distant future?
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>Ed,
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>Isn't it beautiful how lobbyists have created the term "entitlement program" and succeeded in having the people turn on themselves. The lobbyists have made "entitlement" the second worst word in America, just behind "liberal".
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>The lobbyists have one single goal in mind - to get more money for themselves. This is harder to achieve when a whole boodle of money is going to THE PEOPLE for things they have demanded from their government.
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>We should ALL first have the give-aways to corporations curtailed/eliminated, then see where finances stand. My bet is that there'd be plenty of money for what THE PEOPLE need/want.
>Apparently just de-subsidizing corn would provide tons of money to the treasury. And it is mainly the large agri-business corporations that benefit from this. There are likely THOUSANDS of similar examples.
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>Time to ressurect the good old term "corporate welfare" and make that the FIRST item on any agenda to eliminate things.
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Let me decide myself what to demand from my government and accordingly it would be better if you will not use the word 'we'. It's not correct by 2 occasions. Firstly, we have different governments and secondly we have different priorities.
I don't know where you give your tax money, and it is certainly not my business. However, I know pretty good that my tax money mostly go to government-sponsored handouts, aka entitlements.