It's hard to have an intelligent discussion when the opposing side makes comments like these (from the article):

"UNTIL the money is given away, It amounts to very little more than air. Better that we raise their taxes to pay down the deficit and fix the infrastruc­ture that they helped destroy NOW and worry about what lucky people get their giveaways or more importantl­y those in need who don't."

This kind of thinking baffles me - where did this entitlement culture come from?