Government Dependence IS by Design

Having a majority of the population dependent on the federal government has always been the goal of the progressive liberal left in this country. It's only now with Obama forcing the issue down our collective throats by fiat, totally outside of Constitutional law, we find ourselves witnessing a 'back to the future' experience as millions have surged to federal help in their daily lives.

This all is by design - the more people that find they can not survive without help in a bad economy, the more the progressive liberal Democrats can demand their vote to keep them in office and at the taxpayer trough, stealing every one's future.

The progressive liberal Democrats believe if they can continue to slow the growth of the economy by stopping any agenda that will solve out financial problems now and for the foreseeable future, by demanding higher taxes, bailouts, green energy and more subsides they can assure their own future by controlling a submissive and dependent population.

The question that remains is, how many of us will allow this to continue? Is it already to late to stop the slide into a subsistence culture? Think about this before you head to the voting booth this November.

Remember, we get the government we deserve.

Dependence on Government at All-Time High
Source: Patrick Tyrrell, "Dependence on Government at All-Time High," Heritage Foundation, February 8, 2012. William Beach and Patrick Tyrrell, "The 2012 Index of Dependence on Government," Heritage Foundation, February 8, 2012.

Published by the Heritage Foundation for the past 10 years, the Index of Dependence on Government tracks the growth in government dependence dating back to the early 1960s. This year's edition shows an alarming trend, says Patrick Tyrrell, a research coordinator with the Heritage Foundation and coauthor of the Index.

Consider:

One in five Americans relies on the federal government for everything from housing, health care and food stamps to college tuition and retirement assistance --that's more than 67.3 million Americans who receive subsidies from Washington.

Government dependency jumped 8.1 percent in the past year, with the most assistance going toward housing, health and welfare, and retirement.

The average individual who relies on Washington could receive benefits valued at $32,748, more than the nation's average disposable personal income ($32,446). At the same time, nearly half of the U.S. population (49.5 percent) does not pay any federal income taxes.

As of now, 70 percent of the federal government's budget goes to individual assistance programs, up dramatically in just the past few years. However, research shows that private, community and charitable aid helps individuals rise from their difficulties with better success than federal government handouts. Plus, local and private aid is often more effectively distributed.

This much dependence on government has not been seen before in our nation, and it spells grave danger for the republic, says Tyrrell.