No, I’m discarding the bad in search of the good. This is a gigantic expense. It should be, at the very least, targeted toward the people who really need it. This doesn’t even attempt to do that.
We are arguing over exactly how and how much we spend the money. You’re the only one arguing the second half. We said “this hurts America”, you said “It’s the government’s job to broadly benefit Americans,” we said “This doesn’t broadly benefit Americans,” and you’ve replied “but won’t you leave your fantasy lands, come back to reality, and concede my point to me?” You’re arguing against nobody and being condescending about it.
I’m not going to pretend you suddenly care about a precise economic analysis of the most effective circumscription of the eligibility criteria. You didn’t care when this EO was made, and you don’t care now. I’m not going to respect your “If you can’t present precise scholarship for your counter-proposal, then you must accept my shot in the dark random number” gambit. You want a reason? A justification? Here it is: It’s just below the median individual income level, and the married number is slightly less than twice that figure. If you make that, you’re closer to broke than most people. We possibly should help you. You make more than the median but want a literal handout? Fuckouttahere.