Nail on the head. We have become the ultimate nanny state welfare nation on the planet. Europe is not even in our league. In Europe the moocher class is actually expected to pay something in taxes for the freebies they get. We just give it away for free. I have started to flirt with the idea that maybe we should raise taxes, for those laying in the hammock. Let the Bush tax cuts expire completely. Be it an increase in rates or a reduction in deductions the job creators are going to pay more anyway, from Obama or Boehner. They just disagree on how. I say if one class has to pay more than everybody pay more. I hate to say it, but Reagan killed us by removing people from the tax rolls. It was a poison that has led us to where we are. As long as half the country gets a free ride there is no stopping the runaway train of big government. Either get more people back on the tax rolls, or take the free loaders off the voter rolls. The Founding Fathers never seem to amaze me with their wisdom. Now we know why they had property qualifications for voting. It is almost like they could see 236 years into the future.
Right on, and I’ll go ya one better......
Anybody that earns a living of other people’s taxes should not be allowed to vote.
No government workers, policemen, firefighters, military, etc.
And CERTAINLY no one on the dole.
Only private industry workers. You create / earn money, YOU get to decide how it gets spent.