I always read Mark Steyn with pleasure and gain, but I do disagree with his premise here.
Yes, half the population will be off the tax rolls and on the dole, but there will be one tax that will be burgeoning and hitting them hard where it hurts, one that will inflame their discontent. That tax is inflation. There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.
The response to the Age of Obama will be, “Man, where did this come from?”
Yes, but how long does it take for an average Joe to learn that? It took four generations in Russia to figure out that government produces nothing and takes your freedoms away. The suduction of Obama's doctrine is the point that Steyn makes.