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Originally Posted by Elphaba
And this is a problem why?
Elphaba
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Well, the problem is that if we are willing to give food stamps (a form of welfare to the agricultural industry that mid-western Republicans have traditionally supported) then we have to grant people down on their luck, married LDS college students with families, crack mommas and polygamists alike the right to get them.
As for any morality involved, if the US government is willing to bail out Fortune 500 industries then we might as well not gripe when people of any sort get food stamps. At least nobody on food stamps is driving to the government to ask for aid in custom-mde Mercedes, BMWs, or private helicopters.
On the link posted by Just_A_Guy I have to say that I really believe Larry Flint is trying to mock the government by asking for government aid to the porn industry. If so he deserves some applause for ironic political satire.