I recently saw an analysis that showed that 53% of the populace now get a significant part of their income from the government. If this is true, then a real tipping point has been past. We were warned long ago (De Tocqueville) that democracy will fail when the majority of the people realize they can vote themselves money from the public purse. We have met the enemy, and he is us.
I recently saw an analysis that showed that 53% of the populace now get a significant part of their income from the government. I don't have a link, might be able to find it, but I read a while back that there are around 25,000,000 (million) on the government payroll...This includes state, Federal, local and city governments employees, and this did not include the military.