[Superman]

Indeed, the original article posted here is, ummmm, well....it goes beyond the data with its conclusions. If you agree with the ideology of this so-called "researcher," and if you don't understand logic, then you might not see the unsupported assumptions and conclusions. Everyone else will see it right away.

But as Nostatic says, regardless of whether you can distinguish good research from junk, the question of whether the Welfare State will destroy our society or not is probably a live question. I happen to think this "Welfare State" societal collapse model is......crap. But I do think our nation will undergo a revolution. The revolution will have less to do with the lazy good-fer-nuthin welfare trash versus the self-made millionaires, and more to do with the observation that there will be two Americas. One for the lazy fatcats who have and make bunches of money but don't actually work (except to shift money and people and ideas around), and one for the rest of the people who actually do the work. The well-to-do are getting more and more well-to-do. At the same time, the folks who beat their heads against a wall trying to make ends meet with three jobs, are getting less and less well-off. That's scary.