Stephen, I'm all for you quitting your job and going on welfare. I recommend this to anyone who complains about how good those on welfare have it. No takers yet. There is enough to worry about in this country without obsessing on the small percentage of our population that leeches of the rest of us. There is a really small number of Americans that control 40% of the wealth in this country; is that a good thing? For you? Capitalists in their purist form would like nothing more for you to work for nothing, then die, to be replaced by another anonymous worker. Without the intercession of government in health, welfare, retirement, compensation, etc. most of us would be reduced to serfs in our own country. This, in no way, excuses government excess and waste, but good grief man, you can't run a country of 350M people with a tiny government - small government only serves the rich who can afford to purchase services we now share the cost of.
I'm all for you quitting your job and going on welfare. I recommend this to anyone who complains about how good those on welfare have it. No takers yet.
There is enough to worry about in this country without obsessing on the small percentage of our population that leeches of the rest of us. There is a really small number of Americans that control 40% of the wealth in this country; is that a good thing? For you?
Capitalists in their purist form would like nothing more for you to work for nothing, then die, to be replaced by another anonymous worker. Without the intercession of government in health, welfare, retirement, compensation, etc. most of us would be reduced to serfs in our own country. This, in no way, excuses government excess and waste, but good grief man, you can't run a country of 350M people with a tiny government - small government only serves the rich who can afford to purchase services we now share the cost of.