“It doesn’t matter what liberals call these payments, it is welfare, pure and simple. Liberals from the White House all the way down to Democratic leadership in Augusta believe that redistribution of wealth – taking money from hard-working taxpayers and giving it to a growing number of welfare recipients – is personal income. It’s not.”
— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Portland Press Herald, saying Social Security is a welfare program.
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