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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (24066)	5/20/2004 11:49:07 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Ken, so you are against LBJ's war on poverty, 5 Trillion in the hole and still counting

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (24066)	5/20/2004 7:28:32 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

This is where 2/3rds of the Federal Government's spending goes...Thats 1400 Billion Dollars a Year: Social Security Medicare Grants to states: Medicaid* Civil Service retirement and disability fund Unemployment compensation Military retirement fund Food stamps Supplemental security income Commodity Credit Corporation (farm income support) Veterans compensation and pensions Family support payments* Payment where earned income credit exceeds liability for tax State child nutrition programs* Guaranteed student loans Railroad retirement Payment for annuitants, employees health benefits Social services block grant* Payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance* Rehabilitation services and disability research Interest on the Debt The President's Budget has NO option on including these in the Budget on every single budget submission. These programs are growing at 7% to !0% each and every year. A slow economy and these way overlygenerous, unaffordable programs put us deep in the red ink each and every year. A slow economy puts a major chrimp in revenue, bigger than any tax cuts ever given out and results in huge deficits.