democrats and republicans

I have been arguing with my son as to why I am so done with the Democrats.  I have a difficult time making him understand why I hold them to a higher standard than the republicans.  I just read an article in the Economist that neatly sums it up.  The Democrats have always painted themselves as the party of the people.  And yet, at every turn, their answer to giving a helping hand is to hand out freebies.  Back in the 60's and 70's after the civil rights act was passed, you would have thought that that party that passed it would have jumped on pushing businesses to hire minorities.  Nope.  What they did was push through a pletoria of freebies.  Medicaid, no cost.  Welfare. No cost.  Food Stamps.  No cost.  And to paint the minorities as victims.  The democrats needed the minorities to be victims because they needed to use them.  They needed to use them as a voting bloc and did so for decades.  They created public housing units that are unfit to live in.  They created generational welfare.  The created a couple of generations of losers that feel that they are owed because they are minorities.  My take will undoubtedly piss off a lot of people, but think of this: How many of those minorities had great potential to have it stymied to benefit politicians?  We have created a sub culture of third word barrios and no effort is being made to help and clean it up.  Now the democrats have moved on to the illegals because they have used up the capitol from he blacks.  There are too many that do not bother to vote, too many that are on the take and will never do anything to better their standards because the democrats have convinced them that they are owed and they are not worthy of leading a productive life. 
And now we have the democrats in charge in the house and set to be just as mean, and petty as the republicans have been since the 1990's when Gingrich screwed the party for his own personal gain.  A man who never held a job in his life and lived off government dole all his life.  This brings me to the republicans.  I never expect anything from the republicans because they have never made a secret of the fact that they are thieves, that they are there to steal the government for business, that they don't give a tinkers damn about anyone not rich.  Never.  So, yes, I do hold the democratic party to a higher standard and they have failed miserably.  And now with this new crop of socialist, we are in real trouble.  The newest representative from New York is treating her win as a senior trip from high school, cannot tell you how our economy works, why we have the mess we do, and wants to give everything free with no idea how to pay for it.  She is reflecting the feelings of her territory. Puerto Rico has for well over 100 years been socialist and living off the taxpayer of the mainland while contributing nothing to the economy.  And that is what she wants for the country. I want young blood in congress, but I would hope for young blood that is informed.  That understands economy and world politics.  She does not and neither do most of her generation.  It is scary time.