THE ENTITLEMENT SOCIETY

In the New Year’s edition of the O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly did in his inimitable way what no other network journalist has had the wisdom or courage to do. He explained that the outcome of the presidential election hinged on the votes of welfare state beneficiaries. In other words, consistent with virtually every prior presidential election, economic self-interest largely determined each person’s vote. It was in the perceived self-interest of tens of millions of Americans now on food stamps, on welfare, on social security, on Medicaid, and on Medicare to vote for that candidate who pledged to keep intact all welfare programs in perpetuity (indeed, to expand them) despite the reality that the costs of those entitlements vastly exceed the coffers of the federal government. O’Reilly explained that over sixty percent of those earning under $30,000 per year voted for Obama. Within that segment, he added, there were enough welfare state beneficiaries to give Obama the slight margin he needed for re-election. Until that Entitlement Society is persuaded that its best interests are served through capitalism rather than socialism, O’Reilly reasoned, it will be very difficult indeed for Republicans to regain the White House. The exercise of that power of persuasion, O’Reilly said, requires “a very special person.” Bill, how about you?

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