"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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You don't think corporations are in the social welfare business and
you
don't think the government should be...

So we just let the less fortunate among use...die.

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I didn't say the government shouldn't be in the social welfare
business. (actually, it's the tax payers of the country being in the
social welfare business.) I don't disagree with that.

I am suggesting that accountability for the programs has to exist.
If they aren't helping, end them or try something else. As
previously stated, government (taxpayer) financed entitlement
programs have increased over 500 percent since the 1960s. Have they
helped? Some, but certainly not all. But once initiated, it's damn
near impossible to end them. They just keep getting modified,
increased and abused.

There also should be accountability on the backs of the recipients.
The only true "entitlement" I have ever received was financial aid
under the GI bill to continue going to school when I left the
military. I am not sure it was truly an entitlement since it was a
benefit package that existed for military service, but call it what
you want. There was accountability on my part in the respect that I
had to maintain a minimum grade point average in order to continue
receiving the benefits.