What the hell is happening to my country?

What the hell is happening to my country?  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are now more people receiving welfare because of their low income than there are full time workers.

Contrary to the assertions of some of the more raving liberal loonies, this isn't happening because the U.S. has more and more poor people.  In fact, the average income of poor people in the U.S. has been steadily increasing, no matter how you measure it.  Only in the U.S. do you see “poor people” with fat bellies, 75 inch flat screen TVs, nice cars, designer clothes, and smartphones.  That's not to say the U.S. doesn't have any people who are actually poor – of course we do.  But their numbers are declining, not increasing.

So why are so many people getting welfare?  Because the “means testing” (the maximum income you can have and still get the welfare) has been rapidly climbing.  What we're seeing is income redistribution on a scale that is quickly approaching that of overtly socialist countries.  We're on a trajectory to equal the redistributive policies of Europe within a decade or two.

We need us a revolution, folks.  At the ballot box, preferably.  But if that doesn't work...