And when your governments have nothing left to give the little piggies when they walk up to the troughs, what will you do then? Someone has to pay for this stuff. Governments are not perpetual motion machines. In fact, they're quite the opposite. Every dollar spent on a government run or sponsored program usually ends up being mostly wasted.
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...and heaven forbid you (or any of your loved ones) ever have to take advantage of a federal aid program, like Medicare or Medicaid. I for one am a proud US citizen who gladly pays my taxes because I know there are veterans, elderly, disabled folks...my FELLOW man and woman...who need help. Am I directly benefiting from an aid program? Nope. BUT...when I help them (through programs that my tax dollars fund), I'm making the society that I live in better. Call it whatever "dirty" word you want, but there's nothing wrong with that in my book.
Long live the spirit of helping others out.