by Jack
To all the leftwing, Kool-Aid swilling dipstick democrats out here that think America does NOT spend enough on safety nets for their own people or for helping the poor of the world, try these facts on for size and then get over yourself. I don’t want to hear anymore of your BS:
We spend roughly 66% of every tax dollar on welfare, federal retirements, social security, Medicare, Medicade, SNAP and CHIP. Source 2013 Office of management and budget.
$3.5 trillion dollars was spent on these programs and $643 billion was borrowed money. This amount is equal to about 21% of our nations GDP. As for the borrowed money, this deficit will ultimately be paid for by future taxpayers, like yourself. 1/5th of the federal budget is on borrowed money. Does that mean anything to you?
The U.S. sent approximately $37,680,000,000 overseas in 2012 for foreign aid, according to Finance Degree Center, a website dedicated to finance education.
The total amount, which includes investments in national security concerns, counterterrorism efforts and commercial and humanitarian interests, is really rather impressive when you think about it. Indeed, no other country comes even close in terms of providing other countries with monetary aid.
CASE CLOSED!
AMEN!!!
A 2008 report shows how the generosity picture is skewed:
after the tsunami in December 2004 a UN official took the occasion as an opportunity to criticize America. Heritage fills the holes in the officials story:
Amen!
You’ve missed Thomas Sowell’s Big Question: “Compared to what?”
Throwing out big scary numbers about America’s social safety net spending is irrelevant if you aren’t going to compare it to the social safety net spending of other Western democracies, as well as the results.
You did compare foreign aid spending, but I haven’t really seen any liberals deny that we spend more on that than other countries, and that’s not a big part of the debate right now.
It is time to reflect on WHY this is happening and division is taking place in America today, created solely by the current Administration desire to split us apart.
Elections are coming this year and we have the opportunity to stop this un American process of “A County Divided” and begin to work our way back to a what we were once proud to be, A country United in purpose, and beneficial in scope and promise to the rest of the world, not just another 2nd or 3rd world entity to be ruled. and not Governed through the peoples voice
Since we’re on the subject of welfare, I want to know how much of every dollar spent on welfare actually goes to a person in need, and how much ends up in the pockets of the public employees and their unions?
Is it 5 cents out of every dollar that makes it to a poor family? Is it 10 cents? I do believe the Salvation Army promises to get something like 70% of donations to people in need. See what I’m getting at?
And when we talk welfare lets not forget that California carries the weight of the world. We have 12% of the nation’s population but we carry over 30% of the welfare burden, meaning other states are getting off cheap while we house their poor. This doesn’t just impact our state spending, it impacts our schools and criminal justice system as well. But, I’ll avoid that rant for now.
Steve you make a good point and it would appear by all the numbers that I have seen we are lucky to get one dime out of every tax dollar for it’s intended purpose, the rest goes to overhead.
So Chris, we spend $.66 of every tax dollar on social spending according to the OMB. Since you believe that’s not enough what is the figure you would prefer?
Why is the OMB number ($.66 of every dollar) a “big scary” number since you believe it isn’t enough?
Both parties have agreed that several of these social programs are unsustainable and are the major cause of the rising debt, but democrats refuse to seriously consider reforms to the programs. What is your proposal for avoiding economic collapse under the weight of transfer payments and interest on the debt?
Are you interested in living in a nation like Greece where young people took to the streets because they couldn’t find work?
Where will the money come from when your dreams come true, investment in the private sector slows to a drip, and the debt overwhelms the budget?
You actually have a college degree, right?
It’s a shame that the investment we made in your education has left you so illiterate and unprepared for the future as a contributing citizen and voter.
As long as we’re talking spending and budgets…the GAO just reported that the sequester resulted in one…count em one…lost government job.
If you recall both the president and Maxine Waters warned of huge job losses….Maxine cited 170 million jobs lost!
Maxine buys into the long drawn out process of keeping interest rates down to improve the economy…how’s that hope and change working out for America now?
Steve you get a gold star for restraining that rant 😉
Please go ahead and hold forth any time it seems appropriate.
CNN’s Money reported the following about disaster relief:
Nicely said Harold!
Dewey we are not here to answer your endless questions or do research for you. If you have information please offer it. Try to stick to one subject at a time…none of us have the time to entertain your every thought.
Obama, The Great Uniter – IBD:
Flopping Aces:
The President is all partisan ideology all of the time and the tactic of his party has always been to divide people into groups and pander to some while demonizing others. They don’t win by inspiring a nation of Americans but by pitting groups against each other.
Dewey it doesn’t matter that you don’t belong to this party. You are one of them.
Dewey: “Are you saying there was no information there?”
I’m saying that you move from one thought to another and make wild accusations to such a degree that most of the time no one can begin to know what you are saying much less respond to you.
I asked you to stick to one subject at a time for clarity and communication purposes.
Dewey: “I ask again are Tea Party Seniors willing to give up their social security and medicare to make their point? … no they are not.”
I maintain that they “are not” because the Democrat Party and its media machine tell them Republicans are going to “tke their social security away” They tell them that because they want to scare them into voting democrat.
Given accurate information Seniors would vote for much needed reforms.
They would need to be given information about the reason reform is needed. They would need to understand how the reforms would work. One plan that was suggested would help to secure the old system for those over fifty while giving those under fifty the CHOICE to use a percentage of their contributions to invest in a private account that belongs to them and can be passed on to their children if they die before it is all used.
As I recently wrote private accounts have been adopted by three counties in Texas and they are working well and delivering more return to those invested than their SS would have in the old system.
So you are wrong Dewey, in my opinion. Once more you are simply uttering left talking points, something that you claim to be above.
I see you Dewey. Perhaps you don’t realize how partisan (Democrat) your views are…but I doubt it
“The U.S. sent approximately $37,680,000,000 overseas in 2012 for foreign aid, according to Finance Degree Center, a website dedicated to finance education.”
Well, we’d let you crow … were it not that the bulk of these monies are paid to American companies to provide said foreign aid, e.g., the Bechtel Corporation, all the “Big Oils” … and what’s Halliburton calling itself these days?
Honestly, Jack, how dim are we supposed to be?
El Stupido is beating the living crap out of Blame The Victim Libby for whiny moron of the year award.
Pie!
Were you going to assert that Bechtel Corporation does NOT receive taxpayers monies in the form of “foreign aid”?
No? Just yer usual sniveling?
I see.
So does everybody else.
Someday you will too. But as I just reminded Jack, nobody should be holding their breath.
Blame The Victim Libby should seriously consider giving up the hallucinatory drugs.