Batman @ 14

Sadly my opinion is that the objective is simply to create a 50% dependency on the government in whatever form works. “Works” meaning only that the voter is more worried about a candidate who says taking away one’s particular dependency drug (or limiting it in any way) is the only way to fix the real problem than the candidate that promises to keep giving them the fix even if they’re smart enough to know that it is too good to last.

“Works” has nothing whatsoever to do with results other than that stated above.

By now it is clear that there is only one party that will keep making those promises even while the ship is going down. This ensures continued control of the ship. These captains seem to believe that only the passengers will drown when the ship actually goes down. Somewhere there must be a waiting helicopter to take those few worthy souls off at the last minute.

It’s probably a little too early to know if it will work.