Feeling overworked and overtaxed?

There are 86,429,000 full-time private sector workers in the United States.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, 151,014,000 Americans received benefits from one or more federal programs, including Social Security.  (2011 was the most recent year for which the data was available when this study was done.  The numbers are almost certainly far worse today.)

This means every private-sector worker is supporting 1.7 recipients.  In addition to themselves and their own families.

If you're feeling overworked and/or overtaxed, this might have something to do with that.

Now:  Does anyone think this should be remedied?  If so, how?

Here's a hint:  The next political fat-cat who proposed a new gummint "free" benefit should be tarred and feathered.  That would be a start.