As national income increases in a given country, the size of government as a portion of gross national product (GNP) rises and the range of services people expect the government to offer rises.
It seems that as national income rises, people choose to create larger governments that offer more entitlements and have more expansive powers.
The secretary of the treasury sends annually to Congress a report containing a statement of the national income and expenditure and of the condition of the public debt, together with remarks on the system of taxation and suggestions for its improvement.
At the moment these statistics appear to show that we devote approximately 5% of our entire national income to benefits for pensioners.
Its appropriation of a vast share of the national income has the character of social parasitism.
