The hypocrisy of calling high earners “welfare queens” while the real recipients are those who pay nothing into the system.

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You don’t get to accuse others of “living off welfare” when you’re a net recipient of the system.

Most people receive more in government spending than they pay in federal taxes. That’s not an insult, it’s arithmetic. Meanwhile, high earners fund the overwhelming share of income tax revenue.

Calling the primary funders of the state “welfare queens” only works if you erase basic definitions. Welfare is receiving more than you contribute. If you pay far more into the system than you ever take out, you’re not living off others. Others are living off you.

And corporate taxes make this even more dishonest. Corporations don’t pay taxes, people do. Every dollar taxed at the corporate level is taken again from workers, consumers, or shareholders who already paid income taxes. That’s double dipping, not justice.