re: #73 Spare O’Lake

Why not just argue that one of the legitimate functions of government in a just society is to redistribute income from those who have more to those who have less. It would be more honest to have that discussion than to talk silliness about the government spreading empathy.

OK.
I agree with that statement.
In the end not having a % of the population starving and homeless is part of protecting the national welfare.

(and really unemployment and welfare and SS and food stamps are all more about keeping the underclass from rising up and revolting along with making sure WalMart has a steady stream of customers then it is about empathy.)