Government Programs Getting Bigger.

Here's some interesting info.

Gary Shilling, an economist in Springfield, N.J., figures that 52.6% of Americans, including dependents of direct recipients, "now receive significant income from government programs," the Christian Science Monitor reported.

Seven years ago, that number was 49.4%. And back in 1950, only a mere 28.3% of Americans relied on Washington. That really shows how government welfare has expanded over the last half century.

Investor's Business Daily puts all this in perspective: "The left delights in shrieking about how the rich beat down the poor, about how the wealthy benefit from the tax cuts at the expense of those at the bottom. But the top 5% of income earners pay 57.1% of all federal income taxes. At the same time, 45 million Americans, many of them in the lower income grouping, pay no taxes at all. Instead of the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer, the rich are paying a growing share of the tax burden while the poor's share shrinks."

I hate paying taxes. Here's another humorous look at our current tax system really works.