I wonder what the percentage would be, of True Constitutional Americans - as opposed by the Sheeple following the disgusting politically-"correct" effluence emanating fom our thoroughly corrupt experiment (in other words, what is our present minority status among the brainwashed masses)? I fear, most American inhabitants (cannot quite grant them such an upstanding title as CITIZENS) are so enamoured of, and beholden to the gov't - they have no residual clue nor sense of duty required to appreciate and uphold our sovereign Liberty. But certainly NOT on this site!? Reply?

I googled this most interesting topic and found no applicable results. Does anyone have any further info for me to study? THANKS, -Mark

To Bob - Thanks for the quote, "The poor will always be with you". Apparently this is true. However, WHY must "poor" people be considered a fatal flaw of any republic? Must it follow, that poor folk will cause the death of any republic? Could we not eliminate all taxes now collected for redistribution among the poor, and instead empower the individual to dispense charity as one sees fit, or can afford? Have we not created, and now maintain, generations of underclass folk who idly accept their existence at the teat of the state? Is this not a false existence at society's expense, to demand or depend upon others for generations of sustenance? I'm all for helping my fellows when chips are down, but providing consistent livelihood for dysfunctional parasites is something else entirely.

Ben Franklin eloquently stated/warned, I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.

Would I be a heartless king if I ended our welfare state, or would it in the end eliminate, or at least ease, most of today's welfare drain on our nation?

THANKS for anyone's input here!