Nearly half of American households (48.5%) are receiving some type of government benefit, with an average yearly payment to every member of the population totaling $6,640. Of course, we know that not everyone actually receives these benefits, which means that one group of individuals is actually earning the money, while another group is being distributed a benefit that has been forcefully seized from someone else.
It may seem like it’s working for now, but as former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said, “
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.”