Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I'd rather regulate free markets, to the degree necessary, as opposed to create legions of people who think they're entitled to a bunch of stuff which other people will have to provide for them. Problem there is that the "other" people will get tired of doing $300K worth of work for $30K worth of benefit, and will just go on the dole like everybody else.
Or more likely it just devolves into a government-sponsored ponzi scheme that's bound to collapse eventually. Maybe let's see how Europe is doing in ten years before we get too crazy here.
Trouble is, when you refer to 'entitlements' you are likely talking about basic needs vs say corporate entitlements. Is it fair to say corporations are on the dole too? I'd say certainly so and it wouldn't be hard to find many examples of 'ponzi schemes' aka wasted dollars in corporate welfare. Heck, how about all those PPP loans never repaid by the wealthy?
Like most things, a balance can be achieved but I think we've been unbalanced for awhile and it isn't getting any better. And sure, the whole tax break & subsidy scheme helps businesses create goods & services for the economy which we can see tangible benefits. But also, the investment in our citizenry from the social/stability aspect has great benefit as well. Arguably more. Our homeless & societal issues won't be solved with more bucks for Boeing, Foxconn, Chevron etc. but they will more likely be solved with investments in preventing said issues.