Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Too few? Try too many.

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.

2 comments:

  1. 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?

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    1. Nearly 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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