Corporate welfare costs the average American taxpayer about $6,000 per year. Before we start cutting programs that benefit real people, should we cut corporate subsidies and incentive programs?
Weapons development is not a static game. The first army to field ranged weapons gained an immediate advantage on the battlefield. Same with horses. And gunpowder. And planes. And tanks. And missiles. And nukes.
The arms race is not a race to lose.
I suppose you are right - I remember President Obama made that exact point to Mitt Romney during - I believe - the third Presidential debate of the 2012 election season
Hypothetically, if a corporation has greater revenue those profits will translate into either lower prices, higher wages, or expanded enterprise. That said I think we should end most corporate welfare
We could easily have a good welfare program and a balanced budget if we made serious cuts to the defense budget and the corporate welfare budget, as well as a few others.
That's a typical libertarian sentiment. It makes less than no sense, but I don't have the time or the patience to talk to every libertarian that says something like that.
The money used in the welfare program doesn't just come out of nowhere. It is stolen from hard working Americans - and theft, in my opinion, is immoral.
You say that as if welfare recipients aren't also hard-working Americans. Also, are you this upset about your money being "stolen" for services like education, police, and fire stations?
I think that it would be a good idea for the government to hire private companies for certain things, at least on a small scale, but either way the government should pay for things like this with tax revenue.
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