It's sort of interesting. Just the mental gamesmanship aspect of the entire thing. There are people who will swear up and down that welfare is the root of all

It's sort of interesting. Just the mental gamesmanship aspect of the entire thing. There are people who will swear up and down that welfare is the root of all evil. That bootstrap pulling is necessary, that there's opportunity for everyone regardless of their situation, and that all you need is hard work and dedication to succeed in the US. They will wring their hands about the federal deficit and will howl about the size of the national debt. Just look at the student loan forgiveness issue. But if you dangle a $6K per head loan in front of them, with no consequences whatsoever, every one of these same people will take and say "what did you expect me to do? I've got a business to run." Because for the vast majority of them, complaining about welfare was never about their taxes, or even considering the plight of the individuals who need the money. It's about the thing that they complain the "woke" masses of doing. It's virtue signaling. It was never about the money. It was about self-justification.