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TheSensibleTurk t1_j886atf wrote

America very much is a welfare state. You don't even need to be a citizen to qualify for a variety of aid programs. As we saw in the SOTU speech, the otherwise fiscally conservative GOP balks at the prospect of cutting social security or sunsetting other welfare programs.

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MonkeyParadiso OP t1_j8csldu wrote

I can't argue with the trillions of $$$ spent on the bailouts of 2008 and corporate subsidies before & since.

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