"As Maine goes. so goes the nation"

WHAT GUMMINT DOES                             Welfare recipients outnumber taxpayers That's the situation Maine faces, and likely other states as well

“ Paul LePage, the Republican governor of Maine, mentioned an uncomfortable truth in a radio address this month: Maine has more welfare recipients than income tax payers. Democrats challenged the accuracy of this assertion. The Bangor Daily News fact-checked LePage and discovered that 445,074 Mainers paid state income tax,  while 453,194 received some sort of state aid. In Maine, Medicaid, welfare, food stamps and subsidies for education have a combined enrollment of 660,000.  [Full] ” I like the part where Democrats challenged the report. Like someone had called their children bastards (which I reckon is how they see it).  The best way to attack this unsustainable way of life is to make it a joke, like these actual welfare application statements.