I would be disingenuous if I said Republicans favor wealth distribution through welfare as much as Democrats do, and you would be too. Let's be honest, ok? Democrats use welfare to buy the black vote (and the Hispanic vote). The money has to come from somewhere, and it comes from the people who produce wealth (where else?). As more people (liberal of conservative) get on welfare, the number of people funding it shrinks, and their burden increases accordingly. These are people who DIDN'T vote for Obama, and to pretend that they are is laughable. They are no more going to vote for him than the freeloaders who would never vote Republican for fear of losing their benefits. I CAN generalize because it's ridiculous to think that the welfare queen swiping her EBT card is a Republican.
Fair enough, the Democratic position is less individualistic and sees the State as an agent to benefit people.
Republicans generally disagree.
If Democrats already favour wealth distribution through welfare, then they can't be accused of buying the black and Hispanic vote through welfare...because welfare is apparently a core belief anyway whether people vote for them or not.
In any case, is it true that welfare is more important to blacks and Hispanics than other groups?
What about liberal whites?
What about non-liberal whites - especially those on welfare?
Despite the rhetoric from right-wing commentators, both sides want to get people off welfare, they just disagree how to do it.
If you want to generalise about beneficiaries being free-loaders and Democrat voters, I wonder which way Paul Ryan votes...after all he received welfare when he was younger.
Or is it that he doesn't need welfare anymore so he's free to vote Republican?