“Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state.  They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone.” — Frederic Bastiat.  When the culture cannot grow private sector jobs, the culture collapses.  When the national interest is the state and not the individual, collapse soon follows.  For example, President Barack Obama denied a permit to build TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline.  Never forget, progressivism is economically toxic.  http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/01/18/obama-administration-rejects-keystone-xl-pipeline/