All of this 'Giving' being done by Congress got me to searching.

I came up with many irrefutable arguments against 'handouts' by government but the following summed everything up .. rather nicely!

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Not only is taxpaid, government dictated welfare opposite to Christian charity, it also flies directly in the face of the Constitution of the United States.

Hero of the Alamo Davy Crockett was a colonel in the Tennessee Regulars and was elected to the House of Representatives from his native state. That was before his part in the valiant defense of the famed Alamo. He served three terms as congressman.

While Crockett was in Congress a distinguished naval officer died, leaving a widow. Members of the House proposed to appropriate $20,000 of public money to give to the widow to assure her welfare and to honor the memory of the late officer. Crockett opposed that appropriation in such persuasive terms that it received only a few votes and was defeated.

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For those of you that have never read about this .. I hope that you will take the time to do so.

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Not Yours to Give: Davy Crockett and Welfare
Congress has no right to give charity. Individual members may give as much of their own money as they please, but they have no right to touch a dollar of the public money for that purpose.
Congressman: Davy Crockett

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http://www.101bananas.com/library2/crockett.html

Cool! I always knew ol' Davy had his act together!