Drum is wrong. What he offers is fine if it is free. It isn’t. Starting next January the middle class is going to start paying serious taxes. The next congress isn’t going to be giving away any goodies to anyone, so those out of work now are going to have to do something, start a business or something similar.

The US will have a situation similar to Canada. High taxation rates, highly intrusive government that doesn’t do anything for you. Mediocre policing, long waiting lists for health care, a non existent safety net for working class (a friend who worked 1/2 the year had his unemployment benefits partially taxed back).

Derek