[lingoberry]

Removing social services will not make society more productive. Not having to constantly worry for your life and family works wonders for creativity, productivity and overall happiness. It's not about entitlement, it's about enabling the people to do great things.

[jasonisalive]

By that logic we should socialise everything. Sure worked out well for the Soviet Union!

[badsock]

This is nothing more than a straw-man argument. You can't possibly fail to see the difference between a government providing social services on one hand and instituting a Stalinist dictatorship on the other, can you?