Good stuff @goldendawne. It's a very sad situation, and will only get worse. The larger problem is that when people become dependent upon someone else, or in this case Big Brother, they also relinquish responsibility to the government. They become mentally and emotionally dependent... looking to government to solve all their problems or satisfy all their needs. This is where we get the mentality that needs = rights. I have a need for health care, for instance, so it automatically becomes my right, and government must provide it. Do you see? Also, when a populace becomes dependent they loose their capacity for self government. They give that up and become less than, diminished... slaves. Of course, they willingly follow their masters demands to march off to war or to hate others, or to follow the government ordained definition of political correctness.

In this homogenized mass of mediocrity, only the few survive with their self respect and self governance intact. You are one.

Blessings.