I think we are just going to have to go bankrupt and end the capacity to tax and spend and pay the Welfare State.
Nobody that wants to win an election can either profess to desire ending the Welfare State nor end it and hope to win again so long as the opposition won’t join them. The voting power of the Welfare State(WS) outnumbers those of us who the power brokers steal from (TAX) to pay the WS.
No, I must continue to disagree with you ...when the founders only provided the vote to “landed individuals” they knew what they were doing. They were preventing the end of the Republic that must arrive when the masses figure out that they can vote themselves appropriations from the treasury (stealing through taxation from those who actually produce something)
And just another collateral tidbit... Average Federal Employee compensation $75,000/yr ...Average US Household compensation $52,000 ...just great.