Wrong
at least in eisenhowers case
Uh, no, especially in Eisenhower's case. Ike initiated the interstate highway system, the largest infrastructure program in our history... It was pure Keynesianism.
In fact, when JFK suggested cutting taxes, it was REPUBLICANS who said it was irresponsible.
nixon was a complicated man but by todays standards very tight fisted with government spending
Actually, no, he wasn't. The reality of Nixon was the reason why we had runaway inflation in the 1970's was because he was printing up money to pay for his war and all the other spending he was doing.
first of all, medicare and social security are earned benefits
you get nothing out of it if you havent psid on
Actually, if you live to be 72, you get everything you paid in back. With Medicare, you get everything you paid back with your first major illness. That's why these programs are going broke now, we never accounted for a large population living into their 80's.
and it might surprise you to learn that black people get those benefits too
Which wasn't my point. My point is that white people are fine with "Entitlements" (AKA White People Welfare) but aren't so cool with regular welfare that they think benefit's "Those people".
even unemployment insurance within reason is an earned benefit
Well, no, it really isn't. It's not paid for by the employee, it's paid for by the employee. Also, the employer contribution is so low, that you pretty much use up a year of benefits in two weeks. It's why the government had to put so much money into it...
But sec8 housing, food stamps, TANF ect are not earned benefits
they are passed out willy-nilly like candy at halloween
Are they? You look at what we spend on unemployment vs. these benefits.... Total spending on TANF is 16 Billion a year. Compare that to Social Security, where we spend one TRILLION a year.
and here is another bit of news for you - white people are on welfare also
so when I call for an end to welfare there is no racism involved unless its you playing the racism card
No, it's a matter of how it is preceived. You say welfare, the immediate image is of a black woman with five kinds by three different fathers.... It's not entirely accurate, but that's the image you guys have created.