Lots of friends and relatives survive through government welfare programs. Maybe you’re right that it’s better for the country to keep cutting down these programs, and push people away from government dependence, maybe. But while that happens, shaving money from Medicaid will mean that people you and I know will get worse medical care, cutting unemployment benefits, food stamps, rent subsidies, etc will mean that many of our friends will have even more trouble — if they could even imagine that — just staying afloat. Maybe good for the country, certainly not good for them. Trump can’t just cut these programs, but if he’s even half the business brain he suggests he is, then he’ll certainly fight hard to cut cut cut. And, for real, would you be surprised to hear him calling our friends pathetic failures and losers? I won’t.
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