America becoming land of the freeloader

NEW YORK POST ^ | September 19, 2012 | S.A. MILLER

[george76]

Nearly half of Americans

[RetiredTexasVet]

At 49% now, but what happens when it creeps to 55% percent or so? Will the 55% vote for anyone or anything that threatens the freebees .... I doubt it. What we will have is the 45% giving up, fleeing or more likely fighting.

[ILS21R]

It won’t take long to find out.

[eeriegeno]

Does anyone have the breakdown of the total? How many are on Social Security? Now many are government employees? How many are military? How many are on food stamps? How many are on Social Security disability? How many are on welfare?

[Logical me]

This trend of redistribution will be almost impossible to reverse. And this election will be very close but hope that the majority of Americans do not want to live under communism. That is where we are headed.

[TigerClaws]

This story vindicates Romney for the morons that needed to read the truth. Glad to see it.

[ETL]

And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free(loader) and the home of the brave.

[Travis McGee]

What counts is the NET.

Is a household a NET tax consumer, or a NET tax payer?

[ansel12]

How can anyone take this seriously when it includes the military, everyone over 65 who is a part of a mandatory pension plan called social security, military retirees,etc.

The strangest thing of all is that it says “”49 percent — lived in households that received government benefits”” “someone” in the house collects a government check, what kind of “fact” is that?

Do we measure left handedness, by the percentage of Americans who “live in a household” with someone who is left handed?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Yes and no.

We NEED to create jobs, or bring jobs home.

Now.

There is no more time, or jobs to spare. We must bring back jobs.

Or we lose permanently.

[mosesdapoet]

What Romney should now explain are the reasons why those on fixed incomes must go on food stamps and apply for other “benefits” such as energy assistance etc.

The price of ; goods, services ,food, as well as the cost, use, and type of of energy resources, particularly coal,and oil, have all been driven up by Obama through his endless edicts, use of regulations and prohibitions all designed to change the systems of distribution and use of pleantiful resources to conform to his socialist scheme or ideal. Without any regard to the consequences. After all let US remember “to make an omlet ..”one must break a few eggs” and the one who made that remark and the followers of that ism who repeat it.”

[vette6387]

I for one would like to see just who is getting what! If Social Security and other programs that were supposed to operate as a form of insurance into which the recipients have paid in, that’s one thing. But I’d like to see the magnitude of those programs where the recipients haven’t paid in a dime.

[muawiyah]

As the Great Obama Recession sweeps on more and more families find their savings wiped out, and their homes forclosed. Consequently they move in together, so you have more 3 generation homes ~ grandparents, parents and children ~ with the grandparents on Social Security!

Before the parents and children were NOT in a household with someone receiving federal benefits.

The parents and children DID NOT become freeloaders by moving Grandpa and Grandma in!

BTW, those used to be Conservative values ~ to take care of your own people first. Now we have a crowd, apparently being led by Romney and Hannity, who are condemning the practice.

So, what happened to America?

[familyop]

"What counts is the NET.

Is a household a NET tax consumer, or a NET tax payer?"

Well said! [Applause] The problem needs to be honestly defined first, and you did it!

The only general solution that I've been able to think of is to starve the beast.

* Avoid buying anything that we don't really need (generates revenues/debt too much).

* Become more self-sufficient each month (energy, food, etc.)

* Learn to manufacture a necessity or needed part as a hobby for now.

The socialist, political/regulator class cannot continue its grip on both parties in politics without money and time to do so. Government can't be big without big, valuable revenues from unrestrained, domestic manufacturing competition (funny money from import/debt regime being irrelevant).

[dragnet2]

Yet not a word about tens of millions of illegal aliens about how they’re choking off our healthcare, jails, social services, schools, welfare, hospitals etc.

A small example

Dallas Morning News: Parkland Hospital leads nation in illegal immigrant births

Sherry Jacobson reports that 74 percent of the total 14,872 births at Parkland Hospital were to women who are believed to be in the country illegally.

(In just one year, at one hospital)

http://www.dallassouthnews.org/2010/08/09/dallas-morning-news-parkland-hospital-leads-nation-in-illegal-immigrant-births/

Study: 70% of Texas’ illegal immigrant families receive welfare

http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/04/study-70-of-texas-illegal-immigrant-families-receive-welfare/

[muawiyah]

one more time, only way to be an immigrant is with an immigration visa. otherwise you are just a visitor.

[M-cubed]

Oh Gawd!......is it gonna come down to math?

Don’t you have any feelings???....../s

[dragnet2]

Study: 70% of Texas’ illegal immigrant families receive welfare

""one more time, only way to be an immigrant is with an immigration visa. otherwise you are just a visitor.""

[M-cubed]

Wow!...well said!...Bigger pictures......wider windows....

[sickoflibs]

Certainly this was Obama's plan all along,
But what clueless Romney misses : all 49% do NOT want to be freeloaders. They want something better.

Speaking of the 49% freeloaders, wasn't Ryan holding up his Mom being on SS and medicare as a positive example? To get those freeloaders votes ? Now Romney says they are lost.

Republicans are confused with these mixed messages. Romney-itis