Sparhawk

The amount the government spends on welfare is paltry compared to what it spends on social security, medicare, defense, and paying interest on the debt. Is making a bunch of rich foreign investors richer a better return on our money than say, skill training for unemployed/unskilled labor that will return to the workforce a much more productive member than when he left it?

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"In Iraq, no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard. It's - and it's hard work. I understand how hard it is. I get the casualty reports every day. I see on the TV screens how hard it is. But it's necessary work. We're making progress. It is hard work."