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8. It's only socialism when the "wrong" people receive a benefit

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 18, 2021, 12:41 PM

Feb 2021

When the "right" people receive a benefit from a government program, that's their tax dollars at work. When the "wrong" people receive that same benefit, it's socialism and the unholy trinity of waste, fraud, and abuse. It's a very convenient and malleable argument, adaptable to practically any situation.

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