[The Urban Sombrero]

Mine was not to open up a new debate front regarding US industry, which BTW went to Mexico and Thailand because they were regulated to death by the EPA. Government cannot regulate utopia in spite of John Lennon's recording successes. Nor should they be trying to regulate morality. You said (to me) that there are a tiny fraction of people who won't work. The ratio of takers is certainly not miniscule by comparison to those who work. And I disagree, it really is just that simple.

If the people had to suffer the realities of having voted for those who are listing at a fatal degree toward socialism, they would snap out of it. But no, the goodies still come, the ax is still ground, and the US ship of state still sails in an ever tightening circle.

A man drives from Jackson to Georgetown and works his body worn at Toyota. Receives very good pay and benefits. Another man from Jackson has this attitude that life shucked him a raw deal and government and society owe him. His kids are on free lunch and wear free braces and glasses. I say "his kids" but he is with another woman now. Obviously, the "it is the government's job to see that me and my kids eat" mindset will kill a nation's productivity. No question. It is also true that a society needs safety nets because people do get sick, get hurt, get old, get left behind by an ever-changing economy and world. I'm not saying the man driving from Jackson to work at Toyota until his body hurts all the time doesn't have a right to be angry. But multinationals who care nothing about anything but higher profits may scam the public into blaming unions and the EPA and blah, blah, blah, but providing jobs does not give them carte blanche to pollute water and air and treat human beings like yoked oxen.