The Welfare State
Nearly half of U.S. households are receiving government benefits:
Means-tested programs, designed to help the needy, accounted for the largest share of recipients last year. Some 34.2% of Americans lived in a household that received benefits such as food stamps, subsidized housing, cash welfare or Medicaid (the federal-state health care program for the poor). Another 14.5% lived in homes where someone was on Medicare (the health care program for the elderly). Nearly 16% lived in households receiving Social Security.
This is when democracies become unstable.
When half the country is living off the other half we’re at a point of no return. Once given, it is virtually impossible to take away a benefit or an entitlement.
Something tells me these aren’t voters. Does that tip the scale a little bit in our favor? Probably not, but it’s almost the weekend. We need to be optimistic about something…
Buster, there’s hope. Welfare reform was very successful.
This is a sad commentary on what has happened in this country.
Welfare is such an ugly word. Don’t you think?