86M full-time private-sector workers sustain 148M benefit takers. The corollary, as tweeted today: “Taxes are the price we pay for 7 of the 10 richest counties being within commuting distance of DC.” Buying votes with OPM.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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