What a horribly depressing news cycle we are in. It appears that the progressive game plan can be summed up with two descriptors: sex and deriving income with as little work as possible. Simplistic, yes, but apparently appealing to the masses in an ever-growing welfare state. Sex can be broken down into multiple subcategories. There is dealing with the inconvenient by-product of having sex, namely pregnancy, and the unfettered access to abortion anytime, anywhere. Then there’s sex as it relates to gender, the left’s melding of the two as a choice, an option that can change at a whim. There’s the alphabet soup crowd, including the suddenly ubiquitous transgender person, a fraction of the population that demands accommodations from the rest of us. And the second principle, more revenue from less work, is best illustrated by the French, who continue to riot over plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 despite already enjoying five weeks less work a year than their American counterparts. Unions seem to be leading the charge in this country, imposing ludicrous restrictions on employers' ability to maintain profitability, having to weigh decreasing productivity against burgeoning overhead. Who do they suspect is going to pay for all of this? We keep feeding the bears, yet we are surprised when we find them rooting around in our trash, looking for more.
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