This is why government spending will never decrease until impending doom forces it upon us. Everybody wants the other guy to give up his place at the trough. Nobody wants to give up his own.
Politicians have made all of us dependents - social security and medicare, student loans, putting military bases or businesses dependent on government in small towns, highway funding, medicaid, welfare, etc. All of us depend on something that was paid for by us and our fellow taxpayers.
Already the pressure is on in the states that refused to set up exchanges for Obamacare. I’ve read sob stories in our local paper about people who finally have health care and will lose it if the Supreme Court rules against the subsidies. Mark my words, the governors of these states will cave.
Lets see, why not do something smart? Hemp for paper, wood building products, oil, diesel, plastics and food for people and live stock. No-No-No lets not be smart and go to Hell in a hand basket with oil and corn.