Big Government Means Poorer People
“By one measure, the government already plays an outsize role in our so-called free-market economy—and it has little to do with the recession. Economist Gary Shilling has calculated that 58 percent of the population
is dependent on the government for “major parts of their income”
including teachers, soldiers, bureaucrats, and other government
employees; welfare and Social Security recipients; government pensioners; public housing
beneficiaries; and people who work for government contractors. By 2018,
Shilling estimates, an astounding 67 percent of Americans could be
dependent on the government for their livelihood. The implications
aren’t comforting.”
The shocking quote above is from an article by Rick Newman.