1949 Ode to the Welfare State

[LarryW]

A reaction to President Truman's pie-for-everybody speech in 1949.

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[NurseTim]

So it's not a new problem.

[Radar Rider]

I call it the Robbing Hood mindframe. Steal from the rich and give to the poor. The problem is that the rich will eventually no longer be rich (all of their riches have been stolen, after all). Subsequently, the poor will steal from the poor.