[omni-scientist]

I’ve been saying this for some time. From some republicans I hear the contradictory assessment:
1) The democrats have assembled an entitlement coalition of more than 50% of the population to continually elect their members, for generations to come
2) The welfare state is unsustainable for more than a decade.

So how do you square a situation that will collapse before the beneficiaries achieve their goal?

[GladesGuru]

“So how do you square a situation that will collapse before the beneficiaries achieve their goal?”

You have described a situation akin to poorly adapted parasites which kill their host.

[tet68]

So how do you square a situation that will collapse before the beneficiaries achieve their goal?

I believe that’s called a Ponzi scheme.
Only those at the top achieve their goal.

[Bernard Marx]

So how do you square a situation that will collapse before the beneficiaries achieve their goal?

You do it by telling whopper lies to the dumbed-down low-information voters and blaming the collapse on the other party. That's the way Democrats operate. I was born during the Great Depression and all my life I've heard Democrats blame Hoover for FDR's disastrous socialist policies. Just observe how Obama and his mini-Me Carney operate on a daily basis. I think Pete DuPont's great but he's whistling past the graveyard on this.