One of the funniest things about republicans is that when they get power their policies drag the economy down to the point of collapse and pretty much erase the middle class from existence, those that start out on the low end of the middle class are up shits creek when they used to be able to support their families. As a result more people need assistance "to put food on their family", as George W Bush would say. The republicans then turn around and complain about "handouts" that these people need to survive. If they had done a decent job managing the country a good deal of these people would still be supporting themselves and would not need a "handout". It's a lot worse than ironic...
Irie