We have no choice, since the masses invariably have revolted when they decide that they have nothing to lose.

It sounds to me like you believe that we should allow ourselves to be blackmailed into giving our resources away to the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd because eventually they will come and take it away by force. Nice.

Have you put yourself in the shoes of somebody who got laid off and now relies on welfare to feed their family?

Been there. Done that. Pulled myself up by my bootstraps.

Easy enough to paint a picture of lazy slobs who don't want to work, but what about the millions who were working till their jobs got offshored and now are having their self-respect stomped into the dirt.

There are plenty of lazy slobs who don't want to work. I also see pages and pages of jobs in the want ads that remain unfilled because some of these people who are having their self-respect stomped into the dirt don't want to take them because they can make almost as much money on the dole as they can by working for a living. I have seen business owners being interviewed on TV complaining about this very thing.

Seems to me the cheapest option is to keep people fed and hope like heck that small business can start to grow more jobs to replace all the ones offshored by large business in exchange for short-term profit.

Profit is not a dirty word. Tightline is in business to make money. I am certain that you are in business to make a profit - or do you give away your services for free? The United States has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. Perhaps we could create more jobs here if we had a more business-firendly environment.