[M-cubed]

so am I...but one of the problems as I see it (not against Bachmann or anyone that favors that route) is:

The current 47% that pay no taxes now, would DEMAND a "poverty subsidy" and get it just as they do now....We'd end up in the same boat..The same small majority (53%) of “Tax Payers” would be carrying the huge minority of the “Poor”.....The entitlement mentality would have to be addressed first, and with all 47% voting in their “own best interest” that's a pretty big voting block to overcome ..... All IMHO of course, which ends up being more questions then answers

[Gordon Pym]

The current 47% that pay no taxes now, would DEMAND a "poverty subsidy" and get it just as they do now....We'd end up in the same boat..The same small majority (53%) of “Tax Payers” would be carrying the huge minority of the “Poor”.....The entitlement mentality would have to be addressed first, and with all 47% voting in their “own best interest” that's a pretty big voting block to overcome

I have a solution to that in post 31 (and it may be the only real solution)It would be a greater battle than any of the other proposed methods here though. However, it would defang the SEIU and the Government Check pimps and decapitate the special interests more effectively than anything else.

[rarestia]

Well, we’ll need a mature and honest set of Reps, Senators, and a President who is willing to stand up and say, “America was never about freedom for some and servitude for others. It was about everyone pulling their weight and doing what needs to be done to make America great. Subsidies do not inspire greatness.”

We need Franklins, Jeffersons, Washingtons, Reagans, Madisons to come back into American politics. Channel our forefathers. Bring back the idea of American exceptionalism through hard work, not freebies.