15% of the U.S. is on food stamps. Unemployment has stalled at 9%. Congressional leaders keep insisting that we need to borrow trillions of dollars in order to spend our way to prosperity. If we maintain the current trajectory, we will eventually belong to a welfare state where 90% of Americans are on food stamps, 90% of Americans are employed by the government, and our quality of living will make us envy the nice lady in Varvel’s comic above.
15% of the U.S. is on food stamps. Unemployment has stalled at 9%. Congressional leaders keep insisting that we need to borrow trillions of dollars in order to spend our way to prosperity. If we maintain the current trajectory, we will eventually belong to a welfare state where 90% of Americans are on food stamps, 90% of Americans are employed by the government, and our quality of living will make us envy the nice lady in Varvel’s comic above.