re: #342 Kid A

I forgot that my wingnut step-dad also wants to cut the government by “at least 30%.” (and when asked what gets cut he had no idea, but not the military of course!!!!) I pointed out that real people would be affected such as a massive loss of jobs in the government from those cuts. His response? “They’ll have to find a real job then.”

Oh fuck off.

Then they want to add layers of bureaucracy to programs for the poor - drug testing, fraud investigators, etc. These things always add to the cost and never pay for themselves, but to them, the cost is insignificant if it might stop ONE PERSON from getting benefits he doesn’t deserve. It’s like Blackstone’s Formulation turned upside down - better that 10 deserving families starve than a single drug user get welfare!