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Nearly half of all Americans live in a household getting a government check, according to the Census Bureau. Of course, it's not quite as bad as it sounds, since many of the households are elderly. Here's the breakdown:
15% of Americans live in a household on food stamps
26% of households have someone enrolled in Medicaid
2% have someone getting unemployment benefits
16% have someone receiving Social Security benefits
15% have someone in Medicare.
But still: 50% living off the government, wholly or partially? That's hardly the necessary fodder for a healthy republic.
Freaky Violence
In Florida, a man attacks a guy and eats his face (and the police say they've seen three or four other cases exactly like this). In New Jersey, a man rips out his intestines and throws it at the police. A few months ago, a van full of blacks in Texas grabbed a random elderly Mexican off the street and gang raped him.
What the hell is going on? Is stuff getting freakier and freakier, am I just getting old, or is the Internet just bringing this crap to our attention more? Yeah, I know: Jeffrey Dahlmer, Ted Bundy, the going-postal phenom. The violent freaks will always be with us (then again, history, though sprinkled with violent freaks, didn't bring them out nearly as frequently as the 20th century and the first years of the 21st century). These days, the violent freaks seem to be coming in waves.
I don't know. I just don't know.
But my gut tells me there's a relationship between the first story in today's post and this phenomenon.
And no, I'm not saying the government causes violent freaks. I am saying, however, that the more government does, the weaker society becomes (because social ties aren't as necessary). Whether it's the woman who doesn't need a husband because the government gives her aid or the youngster who can be an outcast and collect food stamps instead of fitting into a work environment in order to survive. As government does more, people need each other less. As they need each other less, they become less sociable. As they become less sociable, they become more anti-social. As they become more anti-social, they take drugs . . . and then eat people's faces off.
Yeah, I know. There are some leaps in there, but the theory is sound.
