The White House spin machine was in full effect over the holiday weekend, this time, trying to convince the populous that the money the government is spending on welfare programs is the driving force behind economy. Let that sink in. What the WH fails to mention, or chooses not to, is that welfare is a zero-sum policy. Taking money, in the form of taxes, from some people and giving it to other people drives nothing, except capitalist into insanity.
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