fyi.
SS accounts for 4.4% of GDP in 2008 and Medicare 3.2% of GDP.
Take them away and there is an immediate drop of 7.6% in the GDP.
Not counting Medicaid, etc....
Virtually every dime of those programs are spent in the USA providing jobs and sales of US products.
SS accounts for 4.4% of GDP in 2008 and Medicare 3.2% of GDP.
Take them away and there is an immediate drop of 7.6% in the GDP.
Not counting Medicaid, etc....
Virtually every dime of those programs are spent in the USA providing jobs and sales of US products.