re: #931 CapeCoddah

Nope… Pure American pride!
SS and Medicare funds were taken from me, without my permission. I paid for it, and I will never see a penny of it back.
Starve in the gutter? No, but I will do whatever job I have to do to earn my own way. I will never take welfare in any form. SS and Medicare are not welfare, unless you have never worked, faked an injury etc. THEN it is welfare. Take without contributing, welfare. Government subsidies, welfare. Period.
I am happy to pay taxes to help some folks who cannot help themselves, but that number is far, far fewer than the number currently on the dole. I will never join that club. Thanks anyway.

Food stamps, WIC, housing subsidies, and direct welfare payments make up less than 4% of the US budget.

In other words, 4% of your taxes.

Medicaid and CHIP? Those would be healthcare costs for the indigent. twenty percent.
Would you like to rethink your position there, Cape Coddah?