Now hold on there a minute. If that is true, and I nod in agreement with what you are saying, then we are far worse off than I suspected. Add the "Greatest Generation" and all other retirees that want more, more and a little bit more.
Now we have the reason we are seeing this slide to the left by both parties. The parmount reasoning for the politician is ...Will this get me re-elected.
The majority in Congress could give a rat's butt about America becoming more socialist. Oh, should an entire city get wiped out in one blow they would demand our military stop it, but the slow eroding of these United States, drip by bloody drip, does not phase them in the least.