mikestc wrote:
Because the politicians think if the cut people we will vote for a tax increase to save the jobs.

I think you are only partly right about this. The other part is the politicians are scared to death of hundeds of thousands of welfare recipiants rioting in the streets. The destruction would be enormous.
  

I'm not allowed to run the train
the whistle i can't blow
I'm not allowed to say how fast the railroad train can go
Im not allowed to shoot off steam or even ring the bell
But let the damn train jump the track and see who catches hell