Welfare

Welfare...
Is it a legitimate function of the government to take away the wealth that YOU created and hand it over to someone that's done nothing to earn it? Should those that achieve be punished by being forced to pay the way for those that didn't?

Discuss...

>>10, >>2
Look, my whole point was that stealing peoples' money by force or fraud to give it to people who didn't EARN it is wrong. And for that I get called racist and bigoted... I draw the line where someone else has been unfairly taken advantage of, an individual is an individual...

Oh, and >>10 "I bet gays and women go on the far side of the line too." ... I'm bi.