Article 15
Dr. House slayer
- Jul 4, 2008
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Perhaps share your knowledge/facts of why it is wrong
Or is guilt by association enough for you?
Did even you read what I just posted? The report isn't even linked in the article you posted, dude ... you haven't read it yourself and you accept it as fact
The link from the article works on mine, perhaps it is a technical issue.
from the link in the article, I got:In his first two years in office, President Barack Obama will increase annual federal welfare spending by one-third from $522 billion to $697 billion. The combined two-year increase will equal almost $263 billion ($88.2 bil*lion in FY 2009 plus $174.6 billion in FY 2010). After adjusting for inflation, this increase is two and a half times greater than any previous increase in federal welfare spending in U.S. history. As a share of the economy, annual fed*eral welfare spending will rise by roughly 1.2 percent of GDP.But, nevertheless lets not digress from the issue , do you have the numbers to show us why it is wrong?
Under President Obama, government will spend more on welfare in a single year than President George W. Bush spent on the war in Iraq during his entire presidency. According to the Congressional Research Service, the cost of the Iraq war through the end of the Bush Administration was around $622 billion. By contrast, annual federal and state means-tested welfare spending will reach $888 billion in FY 2010. Federal welfare spending alone will equal $697 billion in that year.
Again, or is guilt by association enough for you?
It is fair for you to say they may be biased or skewed
But to dismiss them as out right wrong- would require a little more effort
Yeah, linky no worky here.
But anyway ...
It's a given the numbers are a bit skewed considering the source, however, when you consider that welfare spending was already around $450 billion before the economy went kaboom under Bush, and that it's a no brainer that welfare spending would go up in it's aftermath, I have little reason to doubt that they are in the ballpark.
So yeah, a couple hundred billion in increased welfare spending on hurting Americans in the wake of a financial meltdown that happened as the previous administration was heading out the door versus a war that got a few thousand Americans killed and will ultimately cost us more than a trillion dollars. And you want know if it's a problem? Of course it's a problem ... and I say this with the utmost sincerity ... go thank BOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHHH