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On one side, having compassion for vulnerable people is fine, but resources are finite.

The government can help people, but who would they rather help?

- a kid full of potential needing shelter, food, clothing

- a brilliant student needing a scholarship

- a scientist that needs funding for important research

- a family affected by natural disasters

- a veteran with PTSD

- the guy in this article

Should a kid go to bed hungry, or a student be denied access to education so that the government can subsidize the self destructive lifestyle of a person that doesn't even care about the people paying for it?

If you pay taxes on your income, plus taxes on everything you buy, etc... you worked at least 5 out of 12 months of the year for the government. So the government not only can waste it but also end up in debt that will be repaid by your children?

>>29athr+(OP)
The US is a first world country. Resources are not so finite that we cannot help that entire list and then some. It should not be worrying about funding any of this.

>>johnny+I12
You are thinking US prior to 1971. You need to update your views a little bit.

The perspective where the US has infinite money is wrong. The US is accumulating debt.