re: Louisiana bans some welfare use

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My response had nothing to do with the article in the OP. I responded to your assertion that TANF is the only program that qualifies as welfare. It's quite clear that a number of programs fall under the umbrella of "welfare spending."

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And my response was to the damn subject of the thread ,but I knew when the "welfare whistle" was blown the dogs would come barking. Barking about something they are clearly ignorant of & then dispute their own proof/links.


You take up Social Security & Medicare with the leeches in your family like your Mother/Grandmother ,etc....who paid into these programs & are now collecting those payments of nearly $2 trillion dollars. Take up the other nearly trillion of budget spending with the Pentagon.


I am am discussing the the thread & link provided & Social Safety net Services/Programs in general. There I corrected the 'safety net' omission in an earlier post.

With a budget of $4 trillion dollars your Safety Net programs(you call welfare) still around 10% or less($400 billion according to you)

Earned Income Tax Credit is roughly 60 billion or more(nearly 20% ) of that "Welfare" you speak of. Reagan with all of his tough talk & attacking 'welfare Queens' actually did more to expand it.

"The earned income Tax Credit is the best anti-poverty,the best pro-family,the best job creation measure to come out of Congress".-Reagan

For all his villainization of the poor & dog whistle 'welfare queen' allusions Reagan added to the programs people like you abhor ,but cut none. He used that dog whistle language(welfare queens) the GOP base loves to hear to get your votes.

Earned Income Tax Credit Recipient's are very hard working poor who aren't at home waiting for the 1st of the month to collect a 'welfare' check, but they are now lumped in with all Safety Net Programs & villainized as 'welfare' leeches.

But to pad the stats of the Welfare leeches Reagan's Earned Income Tax Credit has been lumped in with other programs & it's still a fraction of the total US budget.