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Sure... and this appendage of the billionaire Koch Brothers is trustworthy? If a sample size of 1,000 is the "largest study ever" then we really need to do a much larger unbiased study.

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I am lifelong middle class, nearly 60, an extrovert with a varied work history, and have had contact with a wide range of people from the really rich to the really poor. I can't think of anyone I've ever known who ultimately benefitted from a government handout. Even those who inherited money only benefited when the gift was accompanied by guidance from the person or connection to the enterprise that earned that money. One man I know was effectively paralyzed into dilettantism by a modest bequest from an absentee dad.

Its no accident that the proverb is "the love of money is the root of all evil." It's not "the want of money is the root of all evil."

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Yeah, I guess the people living in alleys or tents would be better off without it. Tell me something Tom, if the money the government gave people wasn't taken from taxpayers would you be more supportive then? (you probably think this would be impossible, but it isn't)

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