While much of this is true, the American people are simply not willing to accept curtailment or even reform of the entitlement state. This nation’s people are firmly wedded to the social welfare system and it will probably not be till the brink of collapse that folks are willing to do a thing about it.
Democrats will use “medi-scare” successfully, with the media’s help of course, right up till the time the program collapses. Heck, the American people are so far gone that these entitlement programs could literally be in the processes of implosion and people (especially old folks) would be unwilling to do anything to fix the problem.
It’s frustrating and sad, but that appears to be where we are at.
RE: While much of this is true, the American people are simply not willing to accept curtailment or even reform of the entitlement state. This nation’s people are firmly wedded to the social welfare system and it will probably not be till the brink of collapse that folks are willing to do a thing about it.
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Some thoughts :
1) The more people become addicted to the drug of government largesse courtesy of other people’s money, the more difficult or near impossible it is to implement any reform. In fact, reform itself can be demagogued to scare people into believing their entitlements will be taken away.
Notice how Paul Ryan’s relatively mild and timid Medicare reform plan is being demonized ( and effectively too I might add... see the most recent NY-26 Congressional Election results).
2) The most recent survey that shows that nearly 51% of adults in this country pay NO TAX is a very bad sign.
3) As Greece, which is on the brink of collapse, shows, EVEN THE IMMINENCY OF COLLAPSE DOES NOT CHANGE THE ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN TOO USED TO ENTITLEMENTS.