Why don't conservatives see that welfare programs are good for society as a whole?

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Yes, by a whopping $45 billion a year...for ten years...( out of a $730 billion budget this year.)

And already the republican warmongers and their arms merchant buddies are screaming like stuck pigs.

http://www.kxxv.com/story/16457957/new-defence

WACO - Republican lawmakers are already blasting President Obama's new defense strategy that could slash the budget by $450 billion and reduce troop levels by 10 to 15 percent.