Shut up, that's why.
It's not about letting those who earn keep. It's about letting those who don't earn have.
If the government insists on using the word "consumers" instead of "citizens", then I insist they start using a counter-balancing term for the other half of the "consumer" population:
Producers.
All producers are consumers. Not all consumers are producers. Most producers in America produce *far* more than they consume. That's called "profit". These people are about to be punished for the sin of being net producers for the sake of giving toys to the net consumers, otherwise known on the human value scale as the "losers".
And their fraudulent King is going to be crowned in 5 days.
Welcome to Deathocracy.
Excellent point.