French voters and lawmakers have an entitlement mentality.

Even modest reform is an outrage to some French leftists.

Instead of applying the 12.4 percent Social Security payroll tax on the first $162,000 of income, some politicians want to impose the tax on all income.

They want to create more dependency.

Suffocating under big government.

Mississippi bigwigs feeding at the public trough.

Very depressing data about the ordinary people in France.

Welfare state expansion in Western Europe had negative economic consequences.

This the most depressing chart in the world?

These numbers are astounding.