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Originally Posted by Loke [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You're right, lets keep doing what we've been doing. Clearly it has been working. That 14 trillion in external debt (actually more like 12.5 since we technically owe 1.6 or so to ourselves) and potentially upwards of 100 trillion (that is right, I said ONE HUNDRED TRILLION) in internal future debt is just fake money - just like credit cards! WOOOOO FREE MONEY!

The issue that arises from social programs is not the fact that we're helping the needy - it is that they aren't economically sound in that we have no means to pay for them. Furthermore, there is a lot of sociological evidence to support the notion that social programs lead to higher rates of dependency, thus taking those who are in "abject poverty" and keeping them there. Someone here clearly hasn't heard the whole "teach a man to fish..." axiom.

didn't read lol