Welfare

[cottonpicken]

We are so screwed.

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/02/2012-index-of-dependence-on-government

[Choice2U]

You'd think we would have learned from the break up of the USSR that governments do not create wealth so obviously somewhere along the line too much government stifles wealth creation.

[mbratrud]

Gotta buy them votes!

[boarderbloke]

savers and the ambitious will pay,,,,how long before your wealth is taxed, along with your income(earned and unearned)?

[wilagro]

A right-wing oriented organization similar to the Fraser Institute...not hard to believe the analyses presented.

Why don't they just say that the opinions expressed follow very closely those of many in the Republican Party?

This is a very well financed group aimed straight at the Democratic Party and its supporters...and is registered as a charitable organization just as the Fraser Institute is.

Yes, you're definitely DOOMED IF you follow this bunch of shysters.

[FarmRanger]

Please point out to us where they have erred in their analysis Wilagro.

Do you not think that there will be problems caused by:
"<i>higher spending on dependence-creating programs, and an ever-shrinking number of taxpayers who pay for these programs"

[Choice2U]

I guess Wilagro doesn't find USSR a realistic example. They ****d and pillaged eastern Europe in the 50's to 70's until they had no other places to go without causing a world war and then fell apart. China saw the writing on the wall and realized the importance of economic freedom over the last 20 years which has saved their bacon but this is all a right wing conspiracy and a figment of our imagination according to Wilagro.