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To: combjelly who wrote (354658)	10/31/2007 7:38:45 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1572859

combjelly, No, it hasn't. At least not to the degree you are talking about. As a percentage of GNP, the deficit from Truman through Carter, kicked up again with Reagan and Bush, and then leveled off and dropped with Clinton. Only to take off again under BushII. One thing to keep in mind is military, as a percentage of federal budget and as a percentage of GDP has been shrinking over this period, while social security + medicare + medicaid have been growing. The growth of these programs has been accommodated by falling military and other discretionary programs (percentage wise of the GDP and budget). But there is no room left for further cuts in discretionary programs to accommodate the further growth of SS, Medicare, Medicaid. This while the Social Security + Medicaid + Medicare keep growing on their trajectory - unabated. And we were put on this trajectory by FDR and LBJ (largely). The small ups and downs in the revenue, discretionary spending, interest expenses is a side show. The main show is looming explosion of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, with no room to cut anything else. Here are a couple of pictures that are worth 1000 words: cbo.gov jh: "Why would that be? Are there not plenty of 2 career professional couples?" cj: Sure. But they generally don't wrestle with the "work or stay home with the kids" question. Sure they do. It isn't an obsession thing. Just the general observation that crime and social dislocation seems to track the Gini. Both here and in other countries. Have you considered dis-integration of family into this? IMO, it is not only a coincidence, but cause of greater income inequality and crime. BTW, it is happening both here and in other countries. Joe