Welfare society

44% of total gov't. spending is on the big 3 - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. 25% is spend on education, infrastructure, agriculture and housing. Gov't. also foots a bill for defense and interest payments on the national debt. This budget is capable of giving you a $4 trillion dollar headache. Minor pain comes from knowing that the feds spend $265 billion and the states spend $200 billion on Medicaid. A migraine results from just trying to get one's mind around the number of zero's involved.

I can’t help but think of the famous Heinlein quote: “Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.This is known as ‘bad luck.’” I add that it is also known as the nanny state.

Here is a 3-part solution to the problem of our welfare society. 1. Get the gov't. out of subsidizing health care. ( Prices will fall). 2. Get Americans to save for their future and buy health insurance to cover costs. 3. Get a leader to highlight the small minority of right-thinking people and exhort each person to strive to become a responsible saint.

As an aside, did you know that Michelle Obama received $100,000 a yr. as a diversity consultant until her husband became Illinois Senator whence she earned $350,000? After she became 1st lady, guess who filled her vacant position? -0-