the fact that this is in play at all, is very very bad news for this country.
we are in decline.
I hope and pray that the country wakes up, but I do not think it will. Perhaps we just haven’t hit rock bottom yet. Perhaps we haven’t hit that point that some reformed alcholics call “the moment of clarity”.
In the large cities, from culture to food stamps I see a country full of fat, whining, lazy-ass citizens, and millions of free loaders who are illegal immigrants. So many people on the public dole.
I will most certainly have to leave the city soon. The wife and I will seek out a slow paced, safe haven.
The moment of clarity will come for many when they stop receiving their government checks or when they dollars they try to use will become worthless due to hyper-inflation. I, too, hope that enough or our fellow citizens wake-up before then, but right now, it is not looking too good.
It is the cities which create culture and civilization as the very word implies. It is also true that it is the Blue states which pay more (in general) in federal taxes while the Red states (in general) are net takers. So it is a myth that welfare is only because of the cities.
Not only that but a large minority of welfare recipients, if not a majority, are people who migrated to the cities from elsewhere. Rural areas have sent people into the cities for centuries.
Republicans have to figure out how to get the votes of the cities in order to have a constant chance of winning elections.