[Olog-hai]

That’s the disastrous part of a social market economy. The liberals in DC have been incorporating too much of that into our formerly free market, and the same thing is happening, of course. Note how in Europe they’re trying to raise taxes in the vain hope of keeping their status quo, though . . . that’ll make it worse.

[jettester]

I am constantly amazed (though I probably shouldn't) here in Illinois on how “taken-for granted” the attitudes are when getting services from the state or Feds. Especially from those I would expect to have a differing idea or thought process. The dependency attitudes are deeply rooted in our cultural psyche that it almost feels like being around a drug addict on withdrawls when cuts are being debated.