That's it, the two strategies that guide the Federal Government in my lifetime. An ever expanding set of mandates that are discovered ever since Johnson's Great Society but even before. It's become an addiction and it's going to sink us all fairly soon if we don't do something about it.
What ever happened to those archetypes of the past: The Yankee who was an ingenious innovator, the lone Cowboy who was capable of saving the day, soft spoken, the strong silent type. Now everyone is a victim and looks to someone else to bail them out. Well when everyone's a victim there are no someone elses to bail you out. We're well on our way to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, the market economy and the small business entrepreneurship that fuels most of the innovation and employs at least 40% of the workforce.
You can see some of the progression by going to the Heritage Foundation site HERE and mouse on the interactive map. We're always hearing about how the poor are mistreated and how the rich are getting away with murder. Well folks, that lie is exposed here. The top 10% of taxpayers are paying 71% of all the taxes and the bottom half are paying 3%. I'm in favor of fairness, but we're in a quickly destabilizing situation. When 50% who are paying virtually nothing can vote to rape the rest of us, the dissolution of the republic cannot be far behind. Someone predicted this point long ago and high taxes have been the death of more than one empire. Tyranny Rising!
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