People who expect society to function healthily but who don't want to pay for everything that verfiably *makes* it function.
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Replying to @fozmeadows
That would be the bottom-earning 60%, who don't pay for everything that makes it function.
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The prob is not that the bottom 60% don't chip in enough. Problem is wanting to give them even less, and have society still function.
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Replying to @pacohope @HiddenPinky and
How you expect the bottom 60% to lift themselves out of poverty if we don't support them?
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That wasn't the question. The question is who is a "freeloader".
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Replying to @HiddenPinky @pacohope and
Most people who need welfare for part of their life also pay taxes at other stages of life.
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Replying to @ewster @HiddenPinky and
Using the term "freeloader" is simply pejorative and dismisses the nuances of real lives.
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Wasn't my choice of term. It was
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And my choice of usage was a deliberate satire/rejection of its common use against welfare recipients.
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And my response was a deliberate pointing out that it doesn't work.
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Replying to @HiddenPinky
You come across as being down on people who take welfare. Is that you're basic message or you suggesting something different?
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