"We never hear this stuff, instead we hear about social security right off the bat"
Similar to how every time there is a discussion of cutting state or local spending the threat is police and firemen. It's a nice little game played by politicians with assistance from the media.
All good stuff but you can already hear the progressives cries of the "attack" on the poor.
The entitlement mentality is hard to break. They are much more likely to cut social security to those who paid for it than cut the menu of benefits that are now given, with social security money, to those who never paid a dime or minimal amounts.
IT is who we are (not all but a solid majority) now.
Until the belief that it is ok to take from others (at gun point) is broken the decline continues.
-- and for the "humanitarians" out there no one is talking about not helping the needy...but no intellectually honest person can state that the current welfare state has not "progressed" way beyond helping the truely needy. always keep in mind that want and need are not the same thing. --
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