TH: A line in the sand is erased by the incoming tide. I have written several messages in the sand at low tide. Not one of them has ever survived to the next day. Civil war is always a possibility. All it takes is the right polarizing issue, a breakdown of discussion, a little firepower, and presto...I don't want this post to be deleted but that was what I was talking about when the revolution occurred on the moon. I fear Civil War much more then I fear martial law. Although, martial law is always a possibility.
Americans are fed up with a lot of things right now, and justifiably so. The welfare system is broken, the health care system is broken. However, what happens if these things don't exist? Do doctors stop seeing patients in the ER if they cannot pay? Do we turn them out into the streets to certain death? We took an oath to do no harm. Preventive medicine keeps the costs down. A walking pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics. Let it sit for a few days, patient becomes septic, ends up in the ER, and we are looking at hundreds of thousands of dolars in the ICU. Better to give them access to a walk in clinic.
What happens to the welfare recipients if they no longer get a payout? Will they stop eating and starve to death? I doubt it. Crime will rise so they can obtain their wants. Now we have to pay even more money to house them in prison. I like being able to drive down the street without having beggars at every corner. Take away welfare and the stoplights will be flooded. No cell phones for welfare?...they will break into houses and try to steal ours. Do we want our neighborhoods to be gated, locked, and with armed guards? Do we want our homes to become firefights?
I completely agree with you. The system is broken and abused. Eliminating it will make things worse...
See, life is that simple 
