I am rather disgusted with the Democrats and the Republicans so I went to look at the Libertarian party's Platform and the Green party's Platform both were unrealistic too.
There is no realistic side only a compromise. And I don't like paying the price of the compromise either really -- it's just that the alternatives are much worse. Adapt or die ...
If life is expensive you have to make more money. Being a low-life is not a viable option for me as long as I can work and avoid that lifestyle. I grew up on a survivor's Veteran and SSI benefit when my father died when I was 11 -- that sucked -- I know from experience. People with initiative find a way to better their lives. People that don't try just gripe and complain with their hand out -- that is the real world.
I would rather give *them* food stamps than have *them* breaking into my house to steal just to eat -- some grief can be avoided by feeding and keeping the lowest of society off the streets. We don't practice euthanasia killings but rather attempt euthenics in a fair society -- that is the real ugly alternative that has to be dealt with
Ronald Reagan ended union domination of many employment sectors -- Bill Clinton in the *grand compromise* revised welfare eligibility. By 2007 when the bubble economy when bust a giant underclass had developed in the USA. Debt slaves and hardcore welfare dependent generations.
We got what we wanted -- didn't we
US society is guilty of the problems with US society that it creates for itself.
We are swimming in our own shit and bitchin' about it.