“The few who understand the system will either be so interested in its profits or be so dependent upon its favors that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of people, mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system, will bear its burdens without complaint, and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests.”
June of 2013: US National debt has exceeded 16.889 Trillion Dollars - a debt of $148,042 per taxpayer. This is also before factoring in the 125.126 Trillion Dollars of unfunded obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. This is a liability per taxpayer of $1,096,767.