
Originally Posted by
t00nces2
Honestly, who cares anymore. We have been bitching about spending for years and it has never stopped. It isn't like you bitching about it is going to change anything. The train is rolling and nothing will stop it.
We are now getting very close to the idea of universal basic income becoming mainstream. These so-called stimulus hand-outs are so deviously manipulative of the public thought process that from this time forward, the smallest economic hiccup will trigger demands for handouts to everyone. Anytime you brake a taboo (such as handing out "free" money), it becomes virtually impossible to STOP the practice, most especially in a democracy. Much as de Tocqueville predicted over two hundred years ago
"It's the lure of easy money - It's got a very strong appeal." - Glenn Frey (The Smuggler's Blues)
"A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." - Thomas Jefferson