A few years ago (I believe it was right before the 2008 election) I was watching a panel on one of the “news” networks, and one guy said that in the “new normal” a status symbol would be a job. He was right; as our standard of living devolves to that of Red Chinese peasants, fewer and fewer people have a “job” in the sense of the word from 30 years ago (adequate pay, benefits, health insurance, etc.).
In my area the only Americans breeding seem to be government workers (teachers, cops, etc.), and we’ve laid off thousands of them since Governor Christie’s property tax caps went into effect. Rather than shrink the need for “services” due to a shrinking population, the state has simply imported “replacement Americans” from Asia and Latin America to fill the seats in the schools and keep apartment/home vacancies down.
The government has successfully taken over the areas of education and healthcare by simply driving the competition out of business (high property taxes to pay for public schools closed many private schools, and reduced reimbursement for mandated treatment of uninsured and illegals closed many hospitals); companies (and many of the people they employed) fled the state, and soon it will be reduced to the permanent multi-generational welfare class, illegal aliens, and the reduced staff of government workers to police, house, and “educate” them...
Excellent analysis!
I wish you were wrong, but sadly you’re spot on.