It's Broke! So How Do We Fix It?

SEE HERE  More people became dependent on government. From 1960 to 2010, the share of federal spending going for “payments to individuals” (Social Security, food stamps, Medicare and the like) climbed from 26 percent to 66 percent.

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Government overreach has typified the past generation leading to a decline in public morality as the "give it to me for free" mentality and the "you're special" and "reward for showing up" kind of rampant stupidity became the norm.  We now have a society that expects to be rewarded for existing and wants everything for nothing.  Perhaps the "bread and circuses" of ancient Rome got this far, but certainly not on so grand a scale.  Almost 50% of the population pays no income taxes.  Fully 2/3's allegedly received more from government than they pay (this of course is an accounting that doesn't bother to ask if what they receive is something they need or want).  But despite the fact that only a third are really paying all the bills the mantra continues that they do not pay enough.  Madness lurks in this whole dynamic.  People who refuse to take responsibility for themselves when in the majority will simply take the system down.  When the system is down then no-one will receive anything but regret and remorse.  It is time to fix things.