Well, many people really want to work, but there are no jobs to be had. Government and unions have destroyed our industrial base. Then government (tax payers) have to support the unemployed, but it does not provide employment. Indolence is an easily acquired skill. Eventually, the system will break down. Then we will see a big problem.
Hoover Dam was built in three years. Now, it will take twelve years to string an electric line from wind farms in the Texas Panhandle down to the Dallas Fort Worth area. The only difference is government and unions. Most of the hold up is government permits and labor contracts.
Protecting endangered species sounded good, but the law allows obstructionist to hold up everything. We will probably never see the Keystone Pipeline built, but we will see lawyers getting rich off of the law suits.
We need to take another look at that law. It is natural that some species go extinct; nature evolves and provides flora and fauna appropriate for the ecological niche. If it didn't, we would be up to our neck in dinosaurs.
We need to repeal the Endangered Species Act.
I cannot agree with you on this. Revise perhaps but not repeal. Some people would chop down the last coconut tree and then wonder why they are starving. This really happened on Easter Island and resulted in 15 years of cannibalism until a European ship showed up with pigs. More effective than a "No-Don't-Touch-That" policy would be a comprehensive plan involving balance between our needs (not wants) and the value of their own continued existence. I currently am unemployed and not drawing any money except my Disabled Vet check. I want to earn money again but I am handicapped by the fact that my cars are dead and I don' have the money to fix them. I had breast cancer 4 years ago and my husband had a heart attack the same year. We have managed to hold onto our land by going through saving, 401Ks and pensions. I am an odd duck by some standards. I believe in ecology AND the right to bear arms. I believe in hunting for food. Hunting for trophies and wasting the meat is sinful in my mind. And I do mean that Religiously. I feel that it is an offense to God's creation just to kill for the sake of killing. And yet on the other hand if someone were to threaten me or my family I would pull the trigger and probably laugh at them for challenging my right to walk this earth. Be careful how you pigeon hole people. I have from time to time drawn food stamps in order to get through some rough times. The problem with the program is that it is harder to get off of the food stamps than stay on them. The moment that they learn that you have a job they want to cut your stamps. Regardless that it may be 2 to 3 weeks before you see any money from the job. So the only way to effectively manage to get off of the stamps and you must lie by omission and not tell them for 3 weeks that you have a job until you can actually get paid. The system doesn't reward you for getting off the government dole. Instead it slaps you in the face. It takes a strong desire to be your own person to make the transition.