Welfare Queens

Who are the biggest “welfare queens” in America? Here are some of my top contenders:

#3 The seven Democrats who ran (or are still running) for President, not one of whom will be on the ballot this November. As of April 1, here’s how much of your tax money each has received to fund their failed campaigns:

Wesley K. Clark ,552,570.68

John R. Edwards ,108,375.37

Joseph Lieberman ,233,709.85

Richard A. Gephardt ,104,319.82

Dennis Kucinich ,075,300.72

Lyndon H. LaRouche ,276,465.03

Al Sharpton 9,708.99

That’s right – your tax dollars are going to con artists like Al Sharpton and Lyndon LaRouche, as well as paying for Dennis Kucinich’s self-indulgent tour of America.

Collectively, that’s ,530,450.46 of your tax money down the drain, with zero benefit to the country.

# 2 The Democratic and Republican parties. Each will receive , 924,000 from the taxpayers to put on their national conventions. Together, that’s another ,848,000 added to the national debt. Do you see any benefit to you, your family, or your community from this government largess?

#1 President George W. Bush and Senator John F. Kerry. They declined political welfare in the primary so they could raise and spend campaign funds without any limits. However, both are happy to let the taxpayers pick up the tab for their fall campaigns. President Bush and Senator Kerry will EACH receive ,640,000, courtesy of you and me. That’s another 5,280,000 of government waste that needs to be eliminated.

All together, these political “welfare queens” will spend over 0 million dollars of your tax money to run their political campaigns and conventions, at a time when the government is running 0 billion deficits, Social Security and Medicare are insolvent, and the acknowledged national debt exceeds .1 trillion.

None of these candidates or parties can solve our nation’s financial problems – they created the problems. Booting them off the dole won’t solve our financial mess, but it’s a good place to start.

Gary Nolan Libertarian for President 2004

campaign@garynolan.com