I don’t believe we are powerless...I believe we are unwilling to advocate and pursue the end of the Welfare State. We are bankrupt...we’re spending money we don’t have and printing money that inflates the money we already have...perhaps we should have focused on on our country’s monetary policy and return to a gold standard, which would automatically make the dollar the most valuable and stable currency in the world.
I am sorry and wish I were wrong but it is you who are starry eyed. We are willing to end the Welfare State but we are now outnumbered and out promised. The Welfare State has spoken and their benefactors are setting things up to make more of the Welfare State.
The only reason we continue (we conservatives and workers) to work is that we will not accept defeat and just quit trying to achieve our dreams. The Welfare State are counting on us to continue to strive against decreasing odds we will ever succeed.
I see more and more of my business going for taxes, fees and regulations that the rest of the world we compete with DO NOT PAY. Raising prices is not possible, foreign competitors make money without raising prices. In fact, foreign competitors are pushign prices down. The United States have simply created a non-competitive environment for busines and personal prosperity.