According to the Heritage Foundation, one out of five Americns - 67 million people - now relies on federal aid to obtain food, housing, education or health services, or to cover lost wages due to unemployment.
The original purpose of goverment assistance was to "help the very poor get back on their feet," not to maintain the middle class in a comfortable lifestyle paid for by working taxpayers. Government assistance programs now cost $2.5 trillion a year - about 70 percent of the federal budget. If the U.S. wants to avoid a "Greek-like debtpocalypse," we've got th reverse the growing culture of dependency. (WashingtonExaminer.com)
I am sure this is what a prior poster meant when he stated that the U.S. might "go the way of Europe." If we continue in this direction our economy is in danger of imploding, just like the economy of Greece.
There is a lot of self-delusion that one side of the asile or the other has the solution. I doubt that. Political discuissions on this page are a peretinent example. Regardless of the validy of a given proposition, this page erupts with debatable assertions and less than coherent reasoning, usually reflecting the stance of one party or the other. Stalemate!!
It's time we stop listening to 'sound bites' and political hype - our country needs folks to pay attention, ask questions and stop playing into the hands of self-serving politicos!
THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH!!
- For mice in a trap!
There was disturbing article in the Philadelphia Inquirer which reported that 1 in 7 grandparents who are taking care of their own grandchildren are, they themselves going hungry, just so that the grandkids can eat. This is really sad! I'd like to know where in hell the PARENTS are?
The answer to these issues is JOBS! Where in hell is the president with his promise--foolish man to even make such a promise--that the unemployment rate will be solved. It takes JOBS Mr. Obama, not hot air!