[Tax-chick]

“You forget those kids grew up and forged an Empire on which the sun never set.”

Well, except for the 35% or so who didn't reach adulthood ...

I think a better argument against government's comfortable sofas is Theodore Dalrymple's: that the beneficiaries' lives end up being as miserable and squalid as the worst Third World slum, at a huge cost, and with no more chance of escape.

[henkster]

“Are there no poorhouses?”