Once you've given it, you can't take it back ...

[dogtag]

Whatever it is.
There's no such thing as a temporary freebie - it's forever
and if you, the government that is, try to end the program,
change it to the recipient's detriment you're going to have
this reaction to deal with. This is France but it's the same
everywhere. The ultimate insult to a Frenchman is to ask
him to work either longer or harder. Them's fighting words.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...l-reforms.html

With Unions involved the point is proven.

[Vern Humphrey]

Government programs are harder to kill than kudzu.

[Allen]

When our government (and others) does NOTHING for so many years this is to be expected. The liberals are trying to take over. When existing laws are finally enforced then everything seems to be radical in comparison of how bad things have been allowed to go to sht.