On 19-Aug-2011, Canuck57 wrote:

That wouldn't help - the masses are defective also - they hire the
politicians that hire the lackeys.

Many are, but the people paying for it are always 1/2 right in my books.
Those voting down America for personal greed of a welfare check or
food stamps deserve what they get.

You are generous in your evaluation. The only individuals that "deserve"
handouts are the functionally disabled, not the vast majority that could be
productive but prefer to sit on their asses for years.