Yeah, it is too late. And the reason I think so is that most of the people who scream about cutting off entitlements are, in some sense, living off entitlements themselves. And none really willing to give an inch. No consensus, no compromise, no sharing the burden, no accord. Done.
My brother works for the government and he says he hates it, but feels trapped. Rejoin the private sector and hope for a job with McDonald’s or Walmart? Not going to happen.
Cut back on government employees. Cut back on all the “main” entitlements. What are these people going to do to try and survive? Get a job? There aren’t any jobs. It is a lose lose situation for the rich and the poor and me. Stuck in the middle. We have a disaster plan. Hope it will be enough.
Would you care to elaborate? "In some sense"?
There ARE jobs; they just don’t pay what the applicants think they are worth.
I compete against Chicom manufacturers who pay fifty cents per hour. I cannot afford to pay a green worker more than minimum wage to do manufacturing tasks that don’t even require literacy. I have hired and fired over 50 people in the last ten years. Most don’t last a day. It’s just too hard for the pampered kids who think they should get $25/hr for unskilled labor.
BTW, I beat the Chicoms every day with higher quality, better technology, and faster turnaround. My workers were all born in the Old Country and grew up the hard way. They are outstanding, tough men of character who think it is macho to work in 105F ten hours straight to meet a deadline. No whining; they love their overtime checks.
I started working at age eleven for fifty cents per hour when it was 105F, and my job was not in the shade!
Sometimes people only learn the hard way. My parents were products of ranch and farm life during the Dust Bowl and the Depression. If our country is lucky, the current crop of youngsters will learn from the pain our country is about to endure.