It should be noted that this is not a problem with poor people leeching off the taxpayer. This is a Middle Class crisis, as politicians seek to load entitlements and other goodies on to those who used to be considered self-reliant. Medicare and Social Security are the two biggest Middle Class entitlements but they have been augmented with programs like S-Chip, mortgage assistance, and a host of other government boondoggles that have taken the most productive sector in America and turned them into government dependents.CNBC: Government payouts-including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance-make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that will only increase if action isn't taken before the majority of Baby Boomers enter retirement.Even as the economy has recovered, social welfare benefits make up 35 percent of wages and salaries this year, up from 21 percent in 2000 and 10 percent in 1960, according to TrimTabs Investment...(Read Full Post)