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Originally Posted by layback40
The % here in Australia is much higher than 50 !! We have a country that is running on mining exports. Without them we would be in a far worse position than you guys !!
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We in the US are on that path. There comes a point where there are too many people IN the wagon and too few people to PULL the wagon.
Our electorate is such now that the ones in the wagon, who vote for those who offer the hand outs, outnumber the folks pulling the wagon. About the only way it can go now, is elected officials that are happy to continue and even grow the handouts. We're pretty much doomed to what you describe. The only thing that will stop it will be serious famine or war.
I don't know if the serious part will come in my lifetime or not, but it will most definitely come at one point or another.