Aside from direct transfer payments, consider tax dollars spent on defense, police, fire, ems, schools, medical care and infrastructure. I would estimate that two thirds of the nation's economy is tied to federal, state, and local government spending or tax policy in some fashion or another.
I always believed there would be a tipping point against the government, but I fear the tipping point might now be an uprising in favor of the government.
I think you're probably right. Any "flashpoint" of "old America" you see will end up more like Waco.
Isolated patriots (not saying Koresh was a patriot, but I am saying that any patriots who fight back will be given the exact same child molester, gun nut, psycho messiah media treatment that he was given, deserved or not.) For crying out loud, look what they have done to the reality of the Tea Partier! Very clearly law abiding grannies have been branded and sold as "scary, violent, neo-nazi racists."
When in fact, the thugs on the other side have been labeled "peaceful protesters for Democracy."
Anyway, the only true revolt possible when the moochers overtake the makers will be "Atlas Shrugging."
The producers have to stop feeding the machine. If we have passed the point of no return, then there can be no Alamos that lead to a San Jacinto victory. There can only be a desolation left by not giving productive light to "their" world. So to the extent guns can be used to protect your family while the looters loot, that's about it. Turning directly to a Constitutional Restoration movement as in Mexican Texas I just don't think can work in the modern age...in other words, I don' think we'd see much better results than the thugocracies that filled the voids in Afghanistan, Iraq, "Palestine," Egypt, Libya etc..
It will be interesting to see how the general public and the media responds to the new Atlas Shrugs Movie coming out on April 15!