http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic ... =75#p77614EllieMurasaki wrote:I find myself laughing hollowly at the notion that it's possible to remove the stigma from welfare programs. I think we should, don't get me wrong, but as long as we've got people saying out loud that not everyone deserves food... Did y'all hear about the school lunch program that told kids to throw out the food on their trays when they got to the register and found out they didn't have enough money on account? Or the idea that welfare benefits of a family with school-aged kids should depend on the kid's grades?
Gosh - who was that crazy guy who proposed a negative income tax as a replacement for "welfare" -- which was partially realized by the popular and successful Earned Income Tax Credit in the US? Oh yeah - that "fuck you I've got mine" liberturd Milton Friedman.