[tthomas48]

Funny how people always use this example as the poor voting themselves largess out of the treasury. The rich do this too in the form of ridiculously low taxes relative to the amount of money they have. Just because the number on your tax bill is super large, doesn't mean you have a super-large tax bill relative to the amount of money you have.

[adolph]

So true and also not a refutation of the parent. In the spirit of an eye for an eye one might observe that an entitlement for an entitlement leaves us all poor. Somehow the means is easier to learn than the consequence.