[2ndDivisionVet]

Wasn't the government formed to defend the country, deliver the mail, and assorted other minor tasks? What happened?

[William Terrell]

What happened?

The Social Security Act of 1935.

[mysterio]

Wasn't the government formed to defend the country, deliver the mail, and assorted other minor tasks? What happened?

People voted for statism every election for 100 years?

[navyguy]

ping for later... God help us all...

[semaj]

What happened?

A little economic bump called the "Great Depression" and a "temporary" government fix called the "New Deal."

[Ronin]

This story is including military and civil service pensions for retirees under the title “dole.” That is scarsely accurate, imho.

[Herakles]

For those who want to know but were afraid to ask;

http://taxfoundation.org/

[Cincinna]

People over 65 who are now collecting Social Security are not on the dole. They are getting back their own money that they paid in over a lifetime of working.

If retirees put all the money they paid out in SS tax into an interest bearing account, they would all be rich today.

Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme that is going to collapse under its own weight.

[jackieaxe]

What I don’t like about this post is it includes people who receive social security. I’ve (and most everybody reading this) paid SS taxes since I was 16. I did not have a choice. the deal was one day I could draw on it. I view being on the government dole is someone who sits on their ass while the government supports them.

[kellynla]

“Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink.”
P.J.O’Rourke