his Independence Day we note an unfortunately accelerating trend toward government dependence. This is tragically ironic in the land of the free, where the founders were brave enough to assert independence from the government of their day.
The genesis of the problem was when government’s string pullers discovered how to offer something of value at little or no apparent cost to those receiving it. Uncommon personal character is required to turn down such an offer on principle. We long for a revival of the principle that set the United States apart two centuries ago – the principle of independence, rather than of dependence.
What might we conclude from this dreary statistic? “A record of 8,733,461 workers took federal disability insurance payments in June 2012, according to the Social Security Administration. That was up from 8,707,185 in May,” reported CNSNews.com.
It’s unlikely that employment is becoming alarmingly more incapacitating. Is something else going on? Perhaps more people are choosing to depend on government benefits.
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