“Too many people’s lives depend on continued payments from the Government.”
There is always hell to pay for anyone that ever tries to take away bennies.
The lesson here is, before you give out goodies, make absolutely sure you can afford to do so, FOREVER, because taking them back may cost you your neck.
“The lesson here is, before you give out goodies, make absolutely sure you can afford to do so FOREVER, because taking them back may cost you your neck.”
The politicians who initially gave out those goodies are long gone. Their necks are not on the line. They always arrange for the costs of the give away programs they set up to be paid by future generations of tax payers, after they are retired or dead, and can no long be held accountable. ‘Kick the can down the road.’ But eventually, the bill comes due....