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LeVeL;n3545703 said:You're confusing me with your own image of a Trump supporter. Although I don't have a problem with military spending (to a degree, see below) and I do support the wall, I certainly do not support this administration's position on drugs/opioids. Listen to prizrak - he's outlined several ways we can reduce spending. I do think that we should end the war on drugs; we need incarceration reform; we should tie benefits to work/volunteering/education; government slack and redundancy can be cut; we can stop getting so involved overseas (and then cut military spending based on that); etc. There's plenty that we can do but neither party is willing to do it. I really like where Trump is on economics and a few other areas but that by no means indicates that I support everything he does unequivocally (this isn't the first time I'm saying this).
So yeah, we should help the deficit by cutting spending, not by simply taking more of my money. You don't balance a wasteful teenager's credit card bill by raising their limit or by handing them their sibling's card too, you slap em on the wrist and tell them to quit buying stupid shit.
If those receiving benefits could work, the vast majority would work. Instead what will happen is that many that are marginal, with a chance to bounce back and go back to work on their own, or create some sort of work that will provide for them, will never get the chance because they are forced into doing work that will set them back.
You also don't fix a deficit problem by cutting taxes and not reducing spending. That is what the Republicans have done most of my life. The one exception is Bush Sr, and he got voted out of office for expressing the idea of raising taxes.