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sathor5.5 Trillion Dollars average spent per year between 1980-2000 on the "welfare state" of the United States.
Starting in 2005, 5 Trillion was spent per year on the military budget - which has steadily increased to nearly 10 Trillion per year, double the welfare state.
Taking that into consideration there is no argument with regards to the rich funding the existence of the poor via taxation - over half the amount that is spent on welfare is spent on the military. If these were the only two things that taxation paid for, 33% of all tax would go to welfare - but it's not the case. And the rich are not the main tax group, anyway.
Starting in 2005, 5 Trillion was spent per year on the military budget - which has steadily increased to nearly 10 Trillion per year, double the welfare state.
Taking that into consideration there is no argument with regards to the rich funding the existence of the poor via taxation - over half the amount that is spent on welfare is spent on the military. If these were the only two things that taxation paid for, 33% of all tax would go to welfare - but it's not the case. And the rich are not the main tax group, anyway.
