Social unrest is on the rise as Walmart shoplifting becomes a trend, signaling a moral collapse. At the same time, more than 40 million Americans rely on SNAP food stamps, reflecting a society that is fractured and unable to feed itself. Amid this abusive welfare system, America is showing signs of the decline of an empire. | Full Spectrum Survival

12K views · 879 reactions | Welfare dependency and high taxes are killing aspiration. Families can only thrive when government gets out of the way. Marriage, family, work, and aspiration are punished by the state, while dependency is rewarded. That must end. | Advance UK | Facebook

10K views · 382 reactions | With over 1.5 million new jobs and welfare dependency at its lowest in 30 years, strong economic management is supporting Australian workers and businesses. | Liberal Party of Australia | Facebook

"Welfare dependency is bad for families and bad for the taxpayer. It makes it less necessary and less worthwhile to work. The promotion of idleness leads, as it always does, to the growth of vice, irresponsibility and crime. The bonds which hold society together are weakened. The bill—for single mothers, for delinquency, for vandalism—mounts. In some areas, a generation grows up without solid roots or sound role models, without self-esteem or hope. It is extraordinary what damage is sometimes do