[disgruntledphd2]

I don't mean to be hyperbolic, but that's how you get people (mostly children and old people) starving in the streets.

That's what those entitlements pay for.

Maybe you think that's not worthwhile, fair enough. Unfortunately for you, many of your fellow citizens and taxpayers disagree.

[keeety_]

It's quite possible taxation results in more starvation than it prevents. Particularly when used to incentive low income fertility and dis-incintivize production and labor.

[disgruntledphd2]

Huh?

Like, that is an extremely strong claim and I'd appreciate if you could provide some evidence for it.

[oceanplexian]

Or, perhaps the 60% of American Households that give to charity would be able to take their increased pay, and more efficiently get help to people that need it than a series of large, fraud-ridden government programs.