[rabscuttle385]

The only thing that is to be decided is which recipient blocks will grow the fastest this year.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but that sort of trend doesn't appear to be sustainable for long though unless the currency is devalued or the population increases at a rate equal to or greater than the growth of the recipient pools (cue to illegal immigration?).

[The Pack Knight]

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but that sort of trend doesn't appear to be sustainable for long though unless the currency is devalued or the population increases at a rate equal to or greater than the growth of the recipient pools (cue to illegal immigration?).

You're quite right. For example, see Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, History of.

Unfortunately, though, politicians rarely concern themselves with logic or consequences beyond the next election when they make empty promises and raid the public treasury to buy votes. Likewise, most voters simply want to be told what they like to hear.

[Fresno]

That’s called inflation and it’s the reason that real estate, gold and fuels are so expensive. The Fed doesn’t want to face that so it just raises interest rates and pretends that inflation doesn’t exist.