@japan_nobunaga Two choices:
1. Current welfare state - any net producer who swears allegiance to the United States and proves it.
2. Hypothetical non-welfare state - anyone
(you already have to be an American at heart to immigrate to such a place)
No numbers, just a standard.
@theresomethere@EricLDaugh Workers are better off now than ever before in human history - in spite of government meddling.
"Poor" don't stay poor and "rich" don't stay rich. Every individual is upwardly (or downwardly) mobile on their own volition.
@tonyannett@andersmarksen Bull shit you envious little worm. Tax at 80% so you can get your grubby little communist hands on it through government programs.