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He bowls overhand.
Only about $500 billion of a 3 trillion bidget goes to welfare programs. The rest are used for things that you theoretically use or benefit from either now or in the future regardless of income. You don't lose the ability to collect social security, drive on the interstate, have cheap gas, live in a lawful orderly society, take subsidized education loans, or eat FDA certified groceries if you make more money than the next guy.
That's not counting the myriad of regulatory agencies and higher minimum wages that raise the barrier of entry into business and thus protects big business owners, nor the billions spent bailing out the banking and auto industries.
We can talk about which of these things are expendable or how to do it cheaper, but take off the tinfoil hat -- many government programs are conceived to benefit people of all income levels.
That's not counting the myriad of regulatory agencies and higher minimum wages that raise the barrier of entry into business and thus protects big business owners, nor the billions spent bailing out the banking and auto industries.
We can talk about which of these things are expendable or how to do it cheaper, but take off the tinfoil hat -- many government programs are conceived to benefit people of all income levels.