I always find it depressing when the the government sells me some wonderful, helpful program that will somehow send me other peoples money.

As Jay Leno said recently, "If you think health care is expensive now, wait 'till it's free!"

My opinion only,

Gary

>>**However, I know pretty good that my tax money mostly go to government-sponsored handouts, aka entitlements.**
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>>I'm sure that since you are so well informed about government's workings that you know what the multiplier concept introduced by Keynes is.
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>>Have you sat down and figured out how much paying out those "hand outs" increases your income. Rest assured it does. Much more than you accounted for.
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>I'm well familiar with Keynesian theory, and just to avoid lengthy discussion, I can tell you right away that I disagree with it. I also wonder how you may know what increases (or decreases) my income. It's some kind of vision overstepping own limits.