America is rapidly becoming a nation of
takers. An increasing number of Americans expect the government to take
care of them from the cradle to the grave, and they expect the
government to dig into the pockets of others in order to pay for it all.
This philosophy can be very seductive, but what happens when the number
of takers eventually outnumbers the number of producers? In 11
different U.S. states, the number of government dependents exceeds the
number of private sector workers. This list of states includes some of
the biggest states in the country: California, New York, Illinois, Ohio,
Maine, Kentucky, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, New Mexico and
Hawaii. It is interesting to note that seven of those states were won by
Barack Obama on election night. In California, there are 139 “takers”
for every 100 private sector workers. That is crazy! The American people
have become absolutely addicted to government money, and it gets worse
with each passing year. If you can believe it, entitlements accounted
for 62 percent of all federal spending in fiscal year 2012. It would be
one thing if we could afford all of this spending, but unfortunately we
simply cannot. We are drowning in debt, and we are stealing more than a
hundred million more dollars from future generations with each passing
hour. No bank robber in history can match that kind of theft.
Yes, we will always need a safety net.
There are many people out there that simply cannot take care of
themselves. We certainly don’t want to see anyone sleeping in the
streets or starving to death.
But if the number of people jumping on to
the safety net continues to grow at the current pace, the net will break
and it will not be available for any of us.
For example, the number of Americans on
food stamps grew from about 17 million in 2000 to more than 47 million
today. It nearly tripled in just 12 years.
What will happen if it nearly triples again over the next 12 years?
http://www.westernjournalism.com/government-dependents-outnumber-those-with-private-sector-jobs-in-11-u-s-states/
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