American Takers Have Overwhelmed the Makers

Looks like the judicial activists are going to destroy any attempts at sane government worker reform in Wisconsin. The takers are overwhelming the producers in the state which is sad because Wis., along with Indiana, are the only two states currently with more manufacturing jobs than government bureaucrats. Change is going to be almost impossible. The government unions do not want to give up their power and the liberals want producers to pay up. Governor Walker gave it a nice shot but the liberals are just not going to give up their socialist tendencies and desire to destroy the capitalist economy.

The Wall Street Journal had a great article from Stephen Moore titled: "We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers". Indeed.

If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice as many people working for the government (22.5 million) than in all of manufacturing (11.5 million). This is an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960, when there were 15 million workers in manufacturing and 8.7 million collecting a paycheck from the government.

It gets worse. More Americans work for the government than work in construction, farming, fishing, forestry, manufacturing, mining and utilities combined. We have moved decisively from a nation of makers to a nation of takers. Nearly half of the $2.2 trillion cost of state and local governments is the $1 trillion-a-year tab for pay and benefits of state and local employees. Is it any wonder that so many states and cities cannot pay their bills?

It is so sad to live during the decline of this country. It really must have been something to watch the country grow, create entrepreneurs, enjoy freedoms and have immigrants the world over risk life and finances for a chance at living in America. It is maddening how eager the citizens were to give up their liberty in return for state run security. The government has grown so big that it does not even need to follow the Constitution.

I can tell you that for the first time ever I do not feel safe living in this country. Not because of crime or anything of the sort, but from government. From the IRS to local police, I never know if I am going to be treated fairly. There are so many rules and regulations that it's hard to know if you are doing the right thing or not. We are now slaves to our government. We are an embarrassment to our Founding Fathers.