Jack Cafferty Calls Social Security a 'Social Welfare Program'

Crooks and Liars by Heather | Mar. 24, 2011 (Opinion)

You know, I used to have some respect for Jack Cafferty even though I knew back then that we were on primarily opposite ends of the political spectrum because he spoke out against the Bush administration when that wasn't necessarily the most popular thing for a conservative to be doing, but he just lost me completely here. Calling Social Security a "welfare program" is just shameless.

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