So let’s get real. To stem abuses, the first target shouldn’t - TopicsExpress



          

So let’s get real. To stem abuses, the first target shouldn’t be those avaricious infants in nutrition programs but tycoons in their subsidized Gulfstreams. However imperfectly, subsidies for the poor do actually reduce hunger, ease suffering and create opportunity, while subsidies for the rich result in more private jets and yachts. Would we rather subsidize opportunity or yachts? Which kind of subsidies deserve more scrutiny? Some conservatives get this, including Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma. He has urged scaling back ludicrous handouts to millionaires that expose an entitlement system and tax code that desperately need to be reformed. After all, quite apart from the waste, we don’t want to coddle zillionaires and thereby sap their initiative! - Nicholas Kristof
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 02:03:14 +0000

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