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To: RetiredNow who wrote (369873)2/5/2008 4:09:05 AM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572613
 
Mindmeld, > How much for debt, social security and health care payments? I'd guess $1.6 trillion. So what are we left with? $800B for the rest of our gov't expenditures. That sux.

It's worse than you think.

IIRC, Social Security and Medicare make up about half of the federal budget. That $1.6 trillion doesn't include interest on the debt.

Tenchusatsu



To: RetiredNow who wrote (369873)2/5/2008 12:16:06 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572613
 
"How much for debt, social security and health care payments? I'd guess $1.6 trillion. "

This is a surprisingly difficult thing to find out.

Assuming the percentages are similar to 2006, that would be on the high side from this source.

siliconinvestor.com

OTOH, it would be on the low side from this source.

cbpp.org

Same year, different percentages.


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