“and my taxes pay all the bills”
And that’s a lie.
Other peoples taxes pay your bills.
Its the old something for nothing. Of course it is “wonderful” for you. It isn’t so wonderful for everyone else paying your bills.
It is pyramid scheme that depends on the base being ever larger than those above the base who are on the receiving end. And the simple fact of the matter is the base is shrinking relative to the those on the receiving end.