Posted on 10/25/2013 6:53:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Edited on 10/26/2013 3:25:23 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Dependency: "Is Welfare The New Normal?" we wondered in an editorial last Thursday, and we didn't have long to wait for an answer. On Friday an answer came back in depressing new data from the Census Bureau.
CNSNews.com's indefatigable data hound, Terence P. Jeffrey, dug into a few routine Census releases recently and discovered something shocking: More people in America today are on welfare than have full-time jobs.
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Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution (often referred to as The Theory of Survival of the Fittest) describes the positive effects resulting from any “pressure” on an animal species that removes the least fit among the species and allows only the most fit of the species to reproduce. Many of us are well aware of this “Survival of the Fittest” theory, but few are aware that Darwin also makes mention of the negative effects resulting from unlimited reproduction of a species’ least fit when the weak, the lazy, and the stupid are left unchecked.
We like to think otherwise, but our species, Homo sapiens, isn’t that long “out of the trees” and the same laws of nature that affect all of God’s creatures apply equally to us. If we were to observe any other species that had been allowed to reproduce without limitations, we would know immediately what the consequences will be.
Whenever the weak; lazy; and stupid of a species is allowed to reproduce unimpeded by predators that feed off the weak; lazy; and stupid, they soon outnumber the strong, productive, and intelligent. When the weak/lazy/stupid dominate the gene pool, the entire population becomes weak/ lazy/stupid, and then the population collapses.
In the past, when these collapses occurred within human populations, they have been referred to as a “Malthusian Collapse.” Thomas Malthus, a Nineteenth Century Economist, thought these collapses were caused simply because past civilizations had reached a point where human populations could no longer produce sufficient food supplies to feed themselves, but he never pinned down the exact reason for these food shortages.
We now think these collapses of past human civilizations have occurred whenever the unproductive weak/lazy/stupid greatly outnumber the strong/productive/intelligent of the population. In other words, the majority of the population becomes too lazy to perform the work necessary to provide for themselves and what’s left of the strong/productive/intelligent refuses to continue to do it for them.
These collapses have occurred at frequent intervals throughout human history, and Western Civilization is, in my humble opinion, currently on the cusp of one of these collapses.
D.J. Taylor
But I can tell you what will happen, the government will just create money out of thin air until hyperinflation sets in and destroys the savings of every responsible citizen, and they will eventually destroy the economy for 30 years.
Ya buddy.
They can’t work it without us, but they’re welcome to try.
They’re doing that right now, as we speak.
You can’t eat paper.
I’d like to see it broken down by State.
They have been beaten down for so long by the Obama economy that they feel they must accept a government handout to survive. And without a drastic change in laws and regulations, it is only going to get worse.
Jobs don't just fall on people. The lazy aholes sucking down your and my tax dollars because it's easier to sit around drinking beer, smoking dope, screwing out more dependent chilluns, watching TV, playing scratch off lotto tickets, etc. need to get off their dead asses and LOOK FOR WORK. There lots of jobs out there. BUT THE BUMS NEED TO WORK LOOKING FOR THEM and they need to accept less than the perfect job where they get paid a lot for doing nothing. OOPS that's what they have now.
yes..and there will be hell to pay when we can no longer pay out! They will take however possible at that point in time..and the will be war...all breed by the communists.
See the movie Idiocracy.
I’ve been looking for full time work since the end of June. Even though I was eligible for about $330/week in unemployment benefits I figured sitting home collecting a check was an easy habit to get into so I started looking right away. So far I’ve found a 3 week temp job at $9.25/hr was the best offer I could find. There is plenty of work at places like Kroger, McDonalds, Home Depot, etc., that pay minimum wage for 20 hours per week with no benefits and virtually no chance of making full time with benefits. I took a job at Kroger for a while because I thought that unemployment would compensate me enough to bring it to what I would get by sitting at home but they bungled it so badly that to this day I have collected exactly 1 check. Now I’ve quit Kroger, won’t look for anything that isn’t at least temp to perm and will wait for a check because they punished me for trying.
Today on the news they made a big deal about UPS taking on thousands of new workers. What they didn’t mention is that the jobs are seasonal, paying $8.50/hr with no benefits. Again, it’s not worth passing up my unemployment check.
My wife and I are very fortunate. For years I held down a good job, enough so that we have a house that is paid for (along with everything in it and our vehicles), no debt and some savings to pay the bills. My plan now is to keep looking for work while at the same time exploring other countries with a lower cost of living that we can move to. If I can’t find anything I will sell everything we have and get the Hell out of Dodge. My American Dream is in tatters. I didn’t throw it away by overspending, or drugging and drinking myself to ruin, or not working my butt off all of my life. It just collapsed around us.
I’m game.
Send me your resume and I’ll send you 10 job openings a day in your area until you’re employed. I was a career counselor for about 20 years.
too many in the wagon, not enough pulling the wagon
when the money or food runs out
its gonna be ugly
yep
An answer to this is to shore up the tax code so that the elite; the power brokers and politicans actually pay for allowing the system to reward non-work over work.
The reason it goes on is it doesn’t hurt the big girls and the big boys. When they realize 100 million are getting a free ride on their tail, it will stop.
But I’m no tax expert, so...
I don’t think it means more people are on welfare than working. there are a few of those programs, like food stamps, wic, public housing and Medicaid, where some also work. the real number should be simply those collecting welfare cash benefits.
“Winnowing” could be an important concept.
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