Where we are at and How we got here

According to The Senate Budget in 2012, 107 million people in the United Sates were receiving some form of social welfare from the United States government. The United States populations is reportedly about 314 million. That is roughly more than one third or more than 33% of the entire country living off of or receiveing financial aid from the government.
 
"Among the major means tested welfare programs, since 2000 Medicaid has increased from 34 million people to 54 million in 2011 and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) from 17 million to 45 million in 2011," says the Senate Budget Committee. "Spending on food stamps alone is projected to reach $800 billion over the next decade."
 
So how did we get here?
 
This alarming fact that 1/3 of the country is on welfare did not happen over night.  This was caused by a huge shift in perspective in society since the early 1900s. The American people have lost their incentive to work. The government handouts allow pepole to become entirely reliant upon a government that has a national debt larger that 16 trillion dollars!

 With the creation of more and more social welfare programs in this country and more generous handouts, less people feel the need to work  becuase "why work when the government will just give you the money?"

Unfortunately, the society of the United States is a far cry from Americns struggling to climb out of the Great Depression, who serched for jobs all over the country to help provide for themselves and families. It is only by a change of heart and mindset as well as a change in the country's social policy that will turn this country of people living on the dole, back into a  proud and self-supporting America.