The feds are whinging that people are looking elsewhere for ways to make ends meet than to the bloated entitlement programs that they offer.
Alright. I get that unemployment is 8% officially, and more like 16+% in reality, but 15% dependence on government programs is way too high, especially since only about 51% of the population are actually paying for those programs.
Wait a tic...if only 51% are paying into the system, doesn't that mean that 49% are, by definition, dependent upon the largess of the federal government in one way or another, rather than the claimed 15%? Wow. Guess that's like the unemployment numbers.
Benjamin Disraeli was right.
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Wow, they're saying it like people relying on their own savings or the help of family is a BAD thing. When did we wind up in Bizarroworld?
ReplyDeleteNearly 49 years ago, Ricki. When Johnson single-handedly declared a "war on poverty," and started welfare. Before that, FDR at least made people work for their dole checks.
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