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So you want data pertaining to welfare spending from the 70s to now?Look man, I'm trying not to be a dick here. Read our posts and then realize why this isn't useful or relevant.
So you want data pertaining to welfare spending from the 70s to now?Look man, I'm trying not to be a dick here. Read our posts and then realize why this isn't useful or relevant.
You were trying to discuss something serious until I mentioned your shitposting, then it was "fuck you" and emoticons.
are supposed to just accept the growing trend of those on social aid?
I mean are we socialist or not? personal accountability is a thing in the US, we're not Europe
Show me the growing trend. Facts and data please, not your feelings.
Yes, or at least over some length of time. You can't claim that social welfare/benefit spending is at all time highs and then not back it up. All you posts was the federal budget from 2015, which provides no insight at all, and lends no credibility to his claim.So you want data pertaining to welfare spending from the 70s to now?
are supposed to just accept the growing trend of those on social aid?
I mean are we socialist or not? personal accountability is a thing in the US, we're not Europe
Yes, or at least over some length of time. You can't claim that social welfare/benefit spending is at all time highs and then not back it up. All you posts was the federal budget from 2015, which provides no insight at all, and lends no credibility to his claim.
https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/what-is-driving-growth-in-government-Specifically, overall government spending on entitlement programs increased at a 4.8 annual rate in the 40 years between 1972 and 2011, net of inflation. Health care spending increased at 5.7 percent per year (and federal government spending on health care increased at a 6.7 percent pace). In contrast, the gross domestic product grew at a rate of 2.7 percent over this period, with tax revenues increasing at about the same rate as the G.D.P.
Spending on infrastructure and government services, excluding defense, has kept pace with gross domestic product growth. (Spending on infrastructure and services by the federal government specifically has lagged gross domestic product growth somewhat, growing at 1.8 percent per year.) Also, most of the subcategories of infrastructure and services spending that usgovernmentspending.com tracks have decreased slightly as a share of the gross domestic product, including spending on transportation, education, science and technology. The major exception is spending on the category they describe as “protection,” reflecting the increase in the criminal justice apparatus, which has grown at 4.8 percent per year.
I'm sorry, but Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid aren't welfare or social aid spending. There are specific taxes just for all 3 of those programs that everyone has to pay into. Food stamps, TANF, etc. are welfare.
Just providing data. Like I;ve said, I'm just playing devil's advocate, I'm not fighting for either side, just adding conversation.I'm sorry, but Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid aren't welfare or social aid spending. There are specific taxes just for all 3 of those programs that everyone has to pay into. Food stamps, TANF, etc. are welfare.
Entitlements encompass all welfare spending, including SS, etc. Take it what you will. Here is more dataEntitlement spending is not the same as welfare/social aid.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...-dollars-on-social-insurance-programs-mostly/While spending on human services has grown to represent a greater share of GDP over time, the defense share has become smaller: It was 3.3% in fiscal 2016, versus 4.7% as recently as fiscal 2010. In general, and perhaps not surprisingly, defense spending consumes more of GDP during wartime (well over a third at the height of World War II) and less during peacetime. The major exception was the Reagan-era military buildup (which actually accelerated a buildup that began late in the Carter administration): From a post-Vietnam low of 4.5% of GDP in fiscal 1979, defense spending eventually peaked at 6% of GDP in fiscal 1986.
comprehension much?He just flat out said no one here knows any poor people but him.
Fuck him again and you for defending him.
@HomerThompson I do know that just about everyone on disability gets medicaid and food stamps as a packaged deal. This can't be ignored when it comes to the data and statistics.how are medicare and medicaid not social aid?
whom exactly uses those entitlements?
cmon son
oh so that's why virtually all poor working class gets a refundYou get a refund if you overpay during the year.
medicaid is literally for poor people per the wiki on it "social health care program for families or individuals with limited resources........"@HomerThompson I do know that just about everyone on disability gets medicaid and food stamps as a packaged deal. This can't be ignored when it comes to the data and statistics.
One can apply for medicaid, even when they're poor, and get denied. Same with food stamps.medicaid is literally for poor people per the wiki on it "social health care program for families or individuals with limited resources........"
well there it is, goldblum gif
it's literally, by definition, a MEANS TESTED PROGRAM. The Health Insurance Association of America describes Medicaid as a "government insurance program for persons of all ages whose income and resources are insufficient to pay for health care"One can apply for medicaid, even when they're poor, and get denied. Same with food stamps.
But if you get approved for disability, those two pretty much come automatically.