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In the old days these people would be recipients of charity from the Church and civic organizations.
I take that back...a lot of them would have been working. Because the debt was not large there were jobs. Only a minority would have been taking charity.
Subsidies are going to be handed out right and left to people even in the middle class because they're being dropped by their insurance companies.
We keep screaming about “socialism is coming!” and don’t realize it’s already here.
This situation is not sustainable. Politicians have been buying votes with other people’s money but we will soon reach a point (if we have not already got there) when there are not enough productive citizens to support the non-productive.
Socialism does not (and can not work).
Central control over the market place does not (and can not work).
Capitalism is what drives healthy economies. Rules, laws and regulations are killing capitalism in this nation.
Obamacare may be the thing that finally collapse the the great social utopia that the left wants to create.
As Betty Davis once said, “Hang on because it is going to be a bumpy ride”.
Social Security recipients aren’t moochers or takers. Any argument that tries to lump them in such a percentage for political points is going to be rejected by the American people.
I’m a little bit hesitant to lump sociable insecurity pensioners ( the regular kind of people who paid in) with those on the dole. True, they all receive govt cheques. But At least the pension folks paid into it. Regardless of any problems in the soc sec program, These pensioners really do deserve to be evaluated with this fact in mind and not viewed as just more “ takers.” What do u think?
parasites
how long before those pulling the wagon decide to take a break?
Counting social security recipients is a bit misleading since they were forced at the point of a gun to “contribute” to the ponzi scheme.
2011 was a lifetime ago when it comes to government benefits. nobama has been pushing this like there’s no tomorrow. I suspect the total is now over 49%.
Which brings up an interesting political quandry: how do you compete with Santa Claus?
No nation survives this. Nor will ours.
never underestimate the ability of people to rationalize their subsidy (but want to cut someone else’s)
I thought 47% was too low.
So get the majority on the dole by any means possible, then set up every election by shrieking that the conservatives are going to take your check away. I wondered why the government is currently recruiting people on to food stamps. RECRUITING people to accept food stamps. Yeah.
Everyone is argueing about SS while evil devils destroy the economy, the armed services, crash the dollar, turn our children into homos and sluts, and impoverish us and generations to come.
While we argue about SS
The above is the reason some day we will indeed have riots from people wanting more when austerity kicks in from a lack of money.