Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "Trump Proposes Clownish Establishment Republican Budget" video.

I love this. People need to stop living off of the government. Us, as a nation, have become too dependent on the federal government. We need to ends this. These cuts will hurt a lot of people, including me, initially. But in the long run this will greatly improve the country. We have become a lazy and entitled country. We need to end that.
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ultru, these federal programs that Trump is cutting hurts the middle class. It is an unnecessary tax burden on the middle class and small businesses who can't afford it and get nothing in return. The rich have resources to hire people to read through the 7000 page tax code, or work around regulations, or move their money in a way that it is tax less, and the get an economic advantage. The middle class can't. Another way these programs hurt the middle class is that you tax them to pay for medicaid, then they also have to pay for their own healthcare. They are paying for healthcare twice but only get one service. Sure medicaid gives some sort of healthcare to the poor, but do they deserve it? Have they worked hard enough? But the rich can afford to pay double for healthcare. In fact, some times they are paid in a way they don't have to pay FICA taxes. These complex tax codes and regulations and social programs hurt the middle class as it drags them down. 90% of students go to public schools. Sure public schools offer education to the poor who can't afford private, just like those social programs offer programs to the poor who can't afford it, but what you have to realize is that the middle class can't pay double. So they send their kids to public schools and get the same quality of education as the poor kids do. And the rich, who can pay double, sends their kids to better schools, pull farther ahead, and the rich get richer. Those social programs lead to the rich getting richer.
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Neku, we have been cutting defense spending for the past 20 years and increasing social welfare programs and education spending. How is that working out now?
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Veteran actually served our country so they deserve that money.
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Neku Shrouden, the problem with social programs is that it benefits the rich and hurts the middle class. Sure, a program like single payer healthcare would offer healthcare to the poor who have a hard time affording it as is. But the middle class will be stuck with it as well as they can't afford to be double. The rich can so they get the best healthcare while the middle class, who is working harder then the poor, get the same quality as the poor. Look at K-12 education. 90% of students use it because only the rich can afford to pay taxes for public education and send their kids to private schools. Thus those kids are at an advantage. Meanwhile the middle class sends their kids to the same quality of schools as the poor. They are dragged down despite working harder and pushing to be more responsible. This problem of the shrinking middle class, growing income inequality and people working harder for lower wages that Bernie keeps bringing up are because of socialist programs. There is a reason why people voted against them.
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"Just because they go to schools that the poor go to dosen't make the school lower quality. " For the most part it does as they have to stick with the same standards and same teaching materials. We have been expanding socialism for years in this country. Trump is cutting 66 programs at the federal level. 66 programs at least at the federal level. How much government do you want?
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So you want the federal government to have even more money to lose with higher taxes?
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Evan, the defense budgets makes up only around 17% of our federal budget. We spend more on education in terms of percent GDP. Also, Trump is cutting taxes for all.
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NeonRogue, I am not totally opposed to cutting defense but consider this 1. Defense spending is actually constitutional where the vast majority of those other programs aren't 2. The military is the most efficient program the federal government spends its money on 3. Defense spending has been going down in terms of percent GDP for years.
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The Silver Spooner, if taxes and regulations weren't so high then prices will drop and people can buy more.
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Socialist policies make hard work worthless. You work hard and end up in the same position as someone that doesn't. Unless you are a politician calling the shots, or you are really rich, socialism does not work for you. Also, my generation (millennials) do have it better than their parents. I don't recall my parents being able to talk to others over Youtube. They are just entitled which you just proved my point.
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The Silver Spooner, prices will drop. Look at how technology keeps getting better and cheaper. People's lives become easier that way. When people an afford better things their lives are better. For example, if people can afford better cars they will have a car that can 1. last longer 2. gets better mileage 3. is safer All of which saves money in the long run. The problem is that with these higher taxes and social welfare programs you have people who earn money for doing nothing. It drives down the incentive to work and thus less wealth is created. Because of that prices go up.
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The fact is that there are a group of hard working people who are being dragged down by the poor and entitled class. They are the middle class. They work hard for what they earned but they are dragged down because of the entitled class. You have to realize that when you expand social welfare programs the rich are not the ones paying, the middle class is. You can raise taxes all you want on the rich but in the end they will make the middle class pay with lower incomes and higher prices. Not to mention that the tax code becomes so complex that only the rich can hire people to figure it out. Also, with social welfare programs you get a situation where the middle class gets dragged down into the same quality as the poor have, or the middle class pays twice. Two examples Medicaid: The middle class funds this through the payroll tax. Thus they are paying for healthcare for the poor. On top of that they are also paying for their own healthcare. They do not have the option to take Medicaid as they are not poor enough. So while the poor do get healthcare in some way, it screws over the hard working middle class as they pay twice. Public education: 90% of students attend public schools. The middle class sends their kids there thus essentially they get the same quality of education as the poor does. The middle class can't afford to send their kids to better schools such as private schools as they can't afford to pay twice. The rich can though. They can pay the taxes for education for the public and send their kids to private schools. Thus those kids are already at an advantage and ahead of the crowd. Those social welfare programs hold back the middle class and favor the rich. You claim it helps people but in reality it hurts people who work hard.
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"nobody lives off welfare because they want too. " I beg to differ. There are plenty that do. Even at that it goes beyond welfare. Many programs have led to waste. Look at how many federal government programs there are? Do we need that many? Is that money being spent the best way possible? Other programs have led to higher prices such as the student loan program leading to higher tuition. People pull out tens of thousands of dollars in loans to get worthless business degrees. If people had to invest their own money they will pursue better degress.
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"democratic socialist countries like Canada and Sweden are doing much better." That is debatable. As a whole nothing suggests they are better than the US.
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ch33tos sesh, the ideas of giving other countries our weaponry are 1. It helps build positive relationships 2. If they were to attack us we know exactly what they have
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