Producers tired of being bled by parasites decide its easier to become a parasite too
Quoting: CrazyEyesThreadKilla See my "pissing on the seat" analogy.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1586972 This is not a good analogy. In fact, it seems to indicate that you really haven't thought this through at all.
A threat to stop working and go on public assistance is a cynical response to what many think is a mindset that wants only to take from others and not to give anything in return. Have you heard the expression "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em"? It's similar. There's a lot of frustration and sarcasm being vented right now, OP.
Here's an analogy that may work a little better for you: Ten able bodied people are sitting in a wagon being pulled up hill by an overworked, tired blue-collar guy. He says "Screw this, I'm gonna sit in the wagon with you guys for a while!"
See the difference between that and the toilet seat?
In the meantime, your statement that you can't imagine not contributing appears to indicate that you can't imagine not contributing to government. That's nice, OP, but in America, government spends over $60,000 a year for each and every family with income below the poverty line. Obviously, that money is not making it in to the hands of the impoverished. I personally find this outrageous and frustrating, and I really don't want to contribute to a system that could be so senselessly inefficient, wasteful, and foolish.