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wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 11 months agoNot sure you understand what welfare is. Social security is not welfare. Farmer subsidies are not welfare
I assume you are not an American since you don’t know what American welfare is.
HorreC@kbin.social 11 months ago
I dont think you understand what welfare is, its hand outs to people that other wise would not make it. And the conservative party has called both of the things you mentioned (subsidies and Social Security) welfare and that the market should determine what and how much of that sector is needed. And I was born on a reservation, I am very familiar with what Americans consider a welfare handout. If you are speaking of just the ones that help out the poor then we will need to stop all the gas/energy credits that would save a ton of money right there. I mean that would save 10 billion in fuel subsidies alone! I mean that would only look like 100$ a person for those that drive and consume fuels, but we saw what that did to trucking nationwide, so it would echo out more to like 300$ a household. But its a start.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Welfare is codified by law. It means it’s defined. Social security is not welfare. Farm subsidies are not welfare.
Neither is defined under the laws around welfare.
HorreC@kbin.social 11 months ago
please post these laws, and I will have you know that both of those were written and said to be social welfare project so I would assume that language is still in there for them. Once you show me the laws you speak of, I will go ahead and read those bills in better detail and find that language for you.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I’m not sure what you are trying to debate. I was clear in what I said. I’m not going down a weird rabbit hole.