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corporate welfare queens

As the case of Brett Favre shows, the wealthy can be just as much welfare queens, as single mothers living in poverty. Their wealth makes it even more reprehensible than people who just want to eat. ( ESPN , CBS , NY Times ) The penis exposing quarterback got a million dollars to talk, and 5 million dollars in federal money earmarked for the poor of Mississippi, for a volleyball court for his daughter's volleyball team. Now Elon Musk, the Logan Act violator ( Newsweek ), now wants Pentagon to pay for his Starlink services. ( CNN ) What is essentially a PR write off for Musk, who needs PR to float his colossal ego, suddenly he is not into the price tag. I prefer to let the PR of him cutting it off be the result of his behavior, not the USA government to bail him out, I'd prefer feeding poor people if we're going to help anyone at all. America is ambivalent about helping others, but if we're not going to help others, we can really save some money by chopping off corporat...