Confessions of a Welfare Queen

[gold_bug]

Confessions of a Welfare Queen
How rich bastards like me rip off taxpayers for millions of dollars

http://www.reason.com/0403/fe.js.confessions.shtml

Ronald Reagan memorably complained about "welfare queens," but he never told us that the biggest welfare queens are the already wealthy. Their lobbyists fawn over politicians, giving them little bits of money -- campaign contributions, plane trips, dinners, golf outings -- in exchange for huge chunks of taxpayers’ money. Millionaires who own your favorite sports teams get subsidies, as do millionaire farmers, corporations, and well-connected plutocrats of every variety. Even successful, wealthy TV journalists.

[mediaman007]

1. After reading the whole article...

there's not much I can disagree with. I suppose we support our Democrat representatives out of loyalty and perhaps for the reason that they will vote for our causes.

But really, I don't see how our country can afford to take care of the wealthy (regardless of party) and still move forward.