We are now not merely disincentivizing economic energy but activelywaging war on it. If 51 percent can vote themselves governmentlollipops from the other 49 percent, soon 60 percent will be shakingdown the remaining 40 percent, and then 70 percent will be sticking itto the remaining 30 percent. How low can it go? When you think aboutit, that 53 percent of American households props up not just thiscountry but half the planet: They effectively pick up the defense tabfor our wealthiest allies, so that Germany, Japan, and others canmaintain minimal militaries and lavish the savingson cradle-to-grave entitlements. A relatively tiny group of people iswriting the check for the entire global order. What proportion of themwould need to figure out that the game’s no longer worth it to bringthe whole system crashing down?