Comments on: America Is Now A Dependent Society–UPDATED

By: The Enlightened Redneck » White-Collar Welfare

The Enlightened Redneck » White-Collar Welfare — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:03:34 +0000

[...] like Melissa Clouthier, I hate to see that the number of government workers surpassed the number of goods-producing [...]

By: Patricia Bennett, PhD

Patricia Bennett, PhD — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:38:48 +0000

I am so glad to find people talking about this topic. It is at the heart of what has been destroying public services in California for years and has also been a major roadblock to reforming systems like prisons, probation and other systems. Perhaps the severity of this economic downturn is an opportunity for people to become more aware of these facts. In California, some local governments are mandating that budget cuts be handled without cutting employees or benefits. Such is the power of unionized government workers.

By: Naqamel

Naqamel — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:13:40 +0000

I have a question about the graph – are employees of Government run companies – Freddy Mac, Fannie Mae, GM, etc, counted as Government Employees in this graph?

If not… they should be.

By: Vita

Vita — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:16:09 +0000

Didn’t take long. The MSM, Obama and Pelosi managed the coup with breathtaking swiftness.

By: Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Dr. Melissa Clouthier — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:03:37 +0000

There are many ways to enslave people. Handouts are one way. Government unions are another. Look at Detroit. The public sector increased 8% with state unemployment near 15%. I’m no math genius, but that means that less workers pay taxes to cover the salaries of state workers. Is it any wonder people are moving out?

But when this happens nationwide, where do people move?

By: Robert Stubbs

Robert Stubbs — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:33:13 +0000

The battle that hasn’t been fought is getting harder to do as more people get hooked on the easy ‘fix’ of government. The people who are of the liberal mindset find nothing wrong with forcing other people to feed the ‘addiction’ with their wealth so are constantly ‘pushing’ to support their guys and gals in office. Most of the people of the conservative mindset want to go about their business without forcing others to fall in line with their believes and expect others to do the same so there is already a natural disadvantage built into the battle of ideas.

Hopefully the pain inflicted has made enough people aware how much danger the country is in from becoming a permanent “user society” and they are willing to start fighting back against the ‘addicted’ in their own best interests.

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:07:44 +0000

A great example is California. The public employee unions are a powerful faction blocking real state government reform.