Yeah, but when the poor can no longer depend on the government for food, and there are no jobs for them to have, they are not going to just lie down and die. No, what they will do is rise up and kill the rich. It has happened many times before. Welfare is not giving the poor riches, it is simply keeping them dependent on the government which should be a huge concern to the republicans because if the government is no longer useful to the poor in feeding them they will get food. Then you have to ask yourself where is the food and money?
Worse yet is that the poor are the ones who are in the armed forces, and who often take jobs as cops. Who is going to protect your riches when the poor need food? I doubt severely that whiny ass winthrop the third is going to stop too many poor hungry people with his incessant whining for his daddy to keep him out of the war in their backyard.
Either keep the poor dependent on the government for their next meal or get ready for revolution.
It is a HUGE problem for Republicans and any conservative. Those dependent upon government for survive MUST be taught self sufficiency and give proper incentive to move away from government substance into the private sector.
That would be a good idea if there were things like jobs to be had. Don't confuse yourself into thinking that the unemployment numbers represent the actual numbers of unemployed in the US. There are a ton of retired people. There are a ton of able bodied young people, and even a large number of employed people depend on things like food stamps and public medicine to survive. You seem to be under the delusion that people simply have to go out and get a job, but there are not jobs for everyone, and it is not even close. Capitalism does not ensure a job for everyone despite the delusions whatever you are smoking make you believe.
Yeah, of course it cannot support the people when it is funneling so much money into the hands of so few. We have the money to give everyone food. We have the manufacturing capabilities to provide every person with clothing and shelter. If we had better schools who could educate more people we would even have the ability to provide medical care to everyone. The only one of those things I am guessing on is the last one about medicine. It costs almost nothing to make food, clothing, and shelter. We have the untapped labor to do it also. Also, knowing the resource cost of manufacturing computer equipment we could support everyone having a computer and access to a high speed network for communications and media. That is not even a small problem for the present US infrastructure and technological development.
yes, you are correct, this country cannot support everyone having a cadillac or three. We cannot support wasteful lifestyles of the rich, or even of the middle class for everyone.
As for the poor rising up to kill the rich.....I think that they'll just be fodder for government Princes's and the government aristocracy. Government won't just go down. They'll become a strong, tyrannical centralized authority.
I would buy that except for a few problems. First is that unlike other tyranical regimes the US military is volunteer composed of mostly poor people. It is also composed of people who feel they are fighting for the freedom of the US people, not for a tyranical rule of those people. Not only would a lot of those people leave the military if asked to fire on american civilians on american soil, they would probably take some shit with them. You are not much better off with the police either. They might believe in law and order, but that is a far cry from engaging in open war with their neighbors.
Second, our aristocracy is dumb as ******* dirt, and i would not give 2 ******* shits for any of them in a situation where their prey fights back and is not crippled in a cave. It is not like the rich are well trained in real combat. most of them actively avoid military service in combat units.
Finally, unlike other tyranical governments, the US government does not own food production, arms production, or even has the manpower to take and protect them. An army that cannot make the food for it's staff can't fight, especially when the revolution will be composed of a lot of poor people who know how to grow and kill their own food. Also, unlike other tyranical countries the US is ******* huge. It is impossible to secure this country by the US armed forces without the help of the people. You would have to rely on the people to protect a land this vast, and if you are fighting the people you are fucked.
Finally, you have the large number of enemies the US has. The moment the revolution starts the mexican drug lords will start pushing up the mexican borders, and will probably help in the fight. China will get involved somehow. You will have Islamic terrorists here having a ******* field day. Russia almost certainly will get involved. Who do you think would actually help the US shoot it's own citizens considering what a bunch of overwhelming assholes we have been? The powers of this world would support the rebellion and probably end up to help carve this nation up.
when that happens, the left will realize their dream of equality...in the sweat shops, laboring for the elite.
I would not count on it.
The white wing rich guys have made a hll of a bad name for themselves and way too many enemies. Without the people they are the 1 percent, and they do not have enough to hold onto what they have.
