Who Are The Real Dependents

             This post is in response to the author of Sarcastic politics  April 3, 2013 blog post titled Dependent.  I agree with you that the people of this country have indeed "  become more economically dependent upon the government. " All though I would disagree with you about them trying to satisfying wants instead of needs. Food for to feed ones family and a doctor to mend their wounds are not wants they are basic needs.
             In country were the top 1% of people control 40% of the nations wealth while the bottom 80% of people only have 7% of the nations wealth I would have to say that you are wrong about who is standing around with their hands out. How could you expect taxes to go down when corporations like exon mobile pay in close to nothing into the tax system and every year receive rebates from the same system of amounts exceeding 100 million dollars? How can you expect a government function properly when we allow companies to buy politicians? The fact of the matter is you simply can not.  
            You are also correct about another thing in your post every year more and more people are having to receive assistance from our government which is a bad thing. Until we correct the corporate monopolies that are holding our government and economic system hostage, we will never see America shine as it once did as the greatest country on earth, and the American Dream will continue to realized less and less often.