Can we continue spending over 1/3 of our budget on welfare? (illegal aliens, health care)

[Wartrace]

US Welfare Spending for 2017 - Charts

Currently we are spending 1.127 trillion dollars on welfare benefits. This consists of welfare and medicaid. That works out to a little over 3500 dollars for every man, woman and child in the U.S.

Can we continue to spend 1/3 of every tax dollar on welfare?

I am not against helping those in need but it seems as if we need a different approach to helping.

[pknopp]

I agree the welfare needs to stop, that is why I support a cut in the military.

[gladhands]

First and foremost, you're including Social Security in "welfare". Secondly, I'm totally okay with 33% of our budget being used to care for the people of our nation. Where would YOU rather see that money go?

[dothetwist]

Whaaaat????

You consider Social Security and Medicare to be welfare!?!?!?!

I guess President Bonkers will cut back on both then....and his supporters are OK with that??

[ottomobeale]

Medicaid covers people very low on the income scale. You want them to just die? Admit it. You do.

[dechatelet]

Originally Posted by ottomobeale

Medicaid covers people very low on the income scale. You want them to just die? Admit it. You do.

Darwin would recommend that.

Not because they're poor, but because they're not healthy.

It's true that healthy people need health care if they're run over by a bus.

But the bus company has insurance to pay for that, so it doesn't really count.

Allowing unhealthy people to live and reproduce is a big factor in raising overall health care costs.

[dothetwist]

Originally Posted by pknopp

I agree the welfare needs to stop, that is why I support a cut in the military.

So you consider Social Security and Medicare to be WELFARE programs?????

[Colorado^]

Originally Posted by gladhands

Where would YOU rather see that money go?

Back in my pocket, re-united with it's rightful owner.

[AlongTheI-5]

Originally Posted by dechatelet

Darwin would recommend that.

Not because they're poor, but because they're not healthy.

It's true that healthy people need health care if they're run over by a bus.

But the bus company has insurance to pay for that, so it doesn't really count.

Allowing unhealthy people to live and reproduce is a big factor in raising overall health care costs.

Yup. We should be no better than the rest of the animals.

[armourereric]

It would be more fair to remove illegal aliens and the higher birth rates. And end birthright citizenship, we will be more able to target Medicare to those who need it.