The issue at hand is we may be looking at law of unintended consequence here.
walfare seemingly protects the poor, but it also breeds dependency and entitlement as well as paradoxical anger at the hands that feed them.
The classic example is the homeowner living rent free for the last 3-4 years as they fight foreclosure. The system is giving them a handout in the form of free rent. but these guys are sicker and angrier the longer they stay in the pending foreclosure. in the end, they hate the bank even though they got tens of thousands of benefit in free rent.
I agree with brian, let the Tea Party get their wish. it is what is right and it is what is just.
