So you’re saying these people could not somehow become more entrepreneurial? Start businesses? Figure out a way to manufacture something? Re-grow the economy — I mean, it HAS happened before.
Oh ye of little faith . . .
Since this economic disaster has begun, we have given up on vacations, extra clothes, fancy dinners out, we’ve cut down to perhaps a night out at the movies every other MONTH, and we’re driving an old falling apart van into the ground. — I mean — we have cut down on WANTS, not needs. We still have jobs, a roof our our heads, food, utilities still on. We’re OK. And we’re learning — NO MORE buying what we truly cannot afford and NO MORE hanging out w/ loads of credit card debt.
The government needs to do the same. Yes, we WANT everyone to be fully taken care of, have a flat screen, a nice apartment fully funded, all their grocery bills paid free and clear ...but we just can’t always have that.
Perhaps a few millions illegals might leave if we cut the welfare off, perhaps a few more welfare mamas will move in w/the baby daddies ... perhaps a few folks will have to move back in with mom and dad ... or what have you.
Perhaps a lot of people will have to learn quickly how to take responsibility for themselves, or stop drinking and smoking themselves to death or whatever. Perhaps they’ll have to cut out a few nights at the casinos, or the discos.