I don't think anybody receiving government assistance (welfare) should be allowed to vote. In order to chose the people who takes your money by force then you should be contributing the money, not receiving it. That would probably exclude at least half of the Negros in this country. Last time I looked at the figures 5% of Whites were on welfare but about 50% of Negroes. The Democrats would never win another election, would they?
Democracy is a terrible form of government when 51% of the people find out they can use the electoral process to steal money from the 49%, isn't it?
How are you defining government assistance, and are you talking federal only, or state as well?
I don't like any form of welfare. No transfer of money from a person that earns the money to someone that didn't earn it it.
No problem in paying my fair share for defense and the few other necessary government functions. I don't mind paying for roads that I use. After all "their ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
I really don't like greedy assholes using the government to steal what they are too sorry to earn for themselves like food, medical care, housing or whatever.
What about corporate welfare? Disability? The VA? Medicare/Medicaid? Loans? Grants? Farming or other business subsidies? There are a plethora of governmental assistance programs.
Corporate welfare? You mean like when Obama bailed out the banks, GM, Chrysler and gave money to Solyndra?
There are all kinds of welfare queens living off that $4 trillion a year Federal budget. Not only domestic but also foreign.
I am against all welfare, entitlements, subsidies and bailouts.
No money should ever be taken from an American by the force of government and given to some asshole that didn't earn the money.
There is a legitimate function of government. Defense, police, courts etc. What we have is a big bloated out of control welfare state that is oppressive to the people that have to pay for it. It also keeps our economy from flourishing and robs us of our humanity by creating a dependent lower poverty class.
According to the CIA Factbook the expenditure of the filthy ass Federal government is more than the GDP of ll but three other countries on earth. If you include the State government that will knock one country off the list and we would be tied with the second one.
The combined cost of government either directly or indirectly in this country is the single largest household expenditure of almost every family in this country. Greater than food, or housing or anything else.
For instance, in my middle class income home last year's Federal income tax by itself is more money than I spent on any single expense (including food and housing) that I bought. That doesn't include the money I indirectly paid through the corporate tax or for other Federal taxes nor does it include the State sales tax or property tax.
The reason Americans have a hard time getting by is because of the tremendous cost of combined government. It is about 40% of the GDP. Despicable, isn't it?