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DamianTV
03-11-2014, 05:33 PM
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/03/11/1948209/70-of-us-government-spending-is-writing-checks-to-individuals


"Buried deep in a section of President Obama's budget, released this week, is an eye-opening fact: This year, 70% of all the money the federal government spends will be in the form of direct payments to individuals (http://news.investors.com/031014-692704-us-government-payments-to-individuals-70-of-budget.htm), an all-time high. In effect, the government has become primarily a massive money-transfer machine, taking $2.6 trillion from some and handing it back out to others. These government transfers now account for 15% of GDP, another all-time high. In 1991, direct payments accounted for less than half the budget and 10% of GDP. What's more, the cost of these direct payments is exploding. Even after adjusting for inflation, they've shot up 29% under Obama."

It's very hard to lay blame on only one part of the U.S. government, though; as the two largest parties are often fond of pointing out when it suits them, all spending bills originate in the House (http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/federalbudgetprocess/a/budget_process.htm).

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Aah nothing says Freedom like the Redistribution of your Wealth, or lack thereof.

Henry Rogue
03-12-2014, 06:15 AM
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/03/11/1948209/70-of-us-government-spending-is-writing-checks-to-individuals



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Aah nothing says Freedom like the Redistribution of your Wealth, or lack thereof.
I thought that was called social justice?

phill4paul
03-12-2014, 06:50 AM
Individual checks....like these?

Report: IRS sent $4.2 billion in checks to illegal immigrants in one year

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/23/report-irs-sent-4-2-billion-in-checks-to-illegal-immigrants-in-one-year/#ixzz2vkhiszOW

tod evans
03-12-2014, 06:55 AM
Take away their presses for 1 year....

It'd be a tad messy but it'd certainly be good for the country as a whole.

DamianTV
03-12-2014, 07:53 AM
Individual checks....like these?

Report: IRS sent $4.2 billion in checks to illegal immigrants in one year

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/23/report-irs-sent-4-2-billion-in-checks-to-illegal-immigrants-in-one-year/#ixzz2vkhiszOW

Not the only source of fraud. Its now easy to get someone elses tax returns and have it deposited to one of those temporary credit cards that end up being untracable, and the IRS refuses to compensate the victims or stop the methods of fraud. They dont cooperate with Law Enforcment (*gasp* LEOs doing their job), but what do you expect from alphabet soup thieves?

Acala
03-12-2014, 08:36 AM
The link doesn't work for me. They must be including all government employee paychecks and social security checks. But really, what difference does it make? Is it preferable to have the checks going to corporations or foreign governments?

Ronin Truth
03-12-2014, 08:59 AM
Buying all of those votes and campaign contributions really tends to add up over time.

erowe1
03-12-2014, 10:01 AM
What we need is a massive expensive war to decrease that percentage.

erowe1
03-12-2014, 10:04 AM
The link doesn't work for me. They must be including all government employee paychecks and social security checks. But really, what difference does it make? Is it preferable to have the checks going to corporations or foreign governments?

It's not counting government employees. It's all welfare. Medicare, Obamacare, Medicaid, and Social Security comprise the great majority of it.

http://news.investors.com/031014-692704-us-government-payments-to-individuals-70-of-budget.htm