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[Jester]

There are all sorts of redistributive channels. Almost everyone benefits from at least a handful of them. But some people have to jump through humiliating hoops, and other people get buckets of cash dumped on their doorstep, no questions asked.

Washington's cavalier attitude about our money is something that needs to end.

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Appearances aside, it won't end. And, if it did, you wouldn't notice more than pennies off your tax bill. The overwhelming majority (like, 99%+) of Federal spending is on actual stuff, bombs and social security cheques and embassies and aircraft carriers and health care, not parties in Vegas and the like.

-Jester