https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2011/02/27/if-youll-just-pay/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 03:20:13 -0400<![CDATA[Tigerhawk has a chart which summarizes the deficit problem at a glance.  One the left hand side is where the government gets its money. On the right is how much it spends and how it spends it. The two things to notice are the relatives sizes of income and expenditure. Expenditure dwarfs income. The second is the distribution of where the money is spent. It is entitlements.  Unless something changes, government will have become a mechanism whereby money is transferred from one set of people to the other.]]>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:24:54 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2011/02/27/if-youll-just-pay-n190379