Why should the rules differ for the two programs? Pretty simple question.
“Why should the rules differ for the two programs? Pretty simple question.”
If from your perspective they are the same - military benefits and welfare - then they shouldn’t
From the taxpayer perspective - somebody has to provide the revenue so that benefits are paid - and if there isn’t enough revenue than someone in the future has to pay it, or default on it.
It’s pretty simple really, we don’t have the money for all the folks wanting a check from the government.
Without a vibrant private sector to pay for everybody’s demand for government checks, those demands are not going to be met.
SO that’s what we need to focus on - the private sector - not the size of government benefit checks.
I don’t care who it is - if you get a government check the likelihood that you are unable to think rationally about who actually has to pay for it is dramatically increased.
The private sector can’t pay for everything right now. So outlays are going to have to be dramatically decreased.