I've said for a long time that welfare in the United States was not dead, it's just been taken away from the needy and given to the wealthy.
Whether we're talking about tax policy, education policy, investment policy, labor policy, banking, finance and Wall Street, the national debt, you name it...the government heaps trillions on the wealthy and guts programs left and right for the truly needy.
Here's Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation, calling it like it is. Maybe he reads this blog.
