Faster than that, according to Mitt Romney. He said it's 47 per cent now. I don't think it's all that much different from Canada where all enterprise is public enterprise, whether managed by Ottawa bureaucrats or boards of directors elected by shareholders. All feed from, one way or another, the public purse. "Entitlements" are distributed widely.

Lonesome: Western civilization will be last to go, with its entrepreneurial capacity, R and D, investments in health and education. Bet the West!