No, the author's opinion equating supporting the social safety net with being "dependent on government" is not a fact, and voting in favor of those who are far more dependent on government, with no concommitant benefit to the economy, is a fool's errand.

As I said above, you are voting on a talking point, just like Hank, rather than voting based on reality. You've heard for decades about "welfare queens" and the like and have chosen to believe, against all facts to the contrary, that that is what is ruining our economy.

You are a stooge for the less than 1% who you are voting in favor of.

Fish on...

Todd

In other words your a fuking tool.
Welcome to the days we have made.

You are most certainly entitled to your opinion, however I think that I vote in the best interest of my progeny.

As I have previously stated, you seem to have plastic concepts, about the time that I think that I have you pinned, you wriggle loose with faulty concepts. Are you trained in the Law?

If the author had presented his conclusions as facts you would be correct, sadly, for your case he did not. However he did present statistical facts and then presented his conclusion. Which apparently you disagree with.

You are a truly funny man.

What's funny is people like you and Hank, who by most outwards appearances look to be fairly intelligent, voting for a talking point and ignoring reality.

Fish on...

Todd

"Frankly, having a discussion with you is akin to trying to get a hold of a Hagfish. I don't know why anyone bothers."

Rev BM ~ I neither agree or disagree with either you or Todd but I think you should at least get some style points for this statement. I might steal this for my own use in right the situation. Damn, those things are nasty. (Hagfish not Todd.)

Indeed it would be.