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To: John McCarthy who wrote (8962)	2/26/2011 7:41:50 PM
From: John McCarthy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 119361

To: John McCarthy who wrote (8962)	2/26/2011 9:34:41 PM
From: Webster Groves	10 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 119361

Social Security is an entitlement ? We pay and our employers pay a social security tax. Your own charts show SS pays in 40% of the budget yet reaps only 20%. Even in absolute dollars SS pays in more than it gets out. wg

To: John McCarthy who wrote (8962)	2/26/2011 10:21:13 PM
From: Les H	8 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 119361

Discretionary one-time items is Iraq and Afghanistan. A lot of other things are hidden to distort the military budget, such as classifying Veterans Affairs benefits programs in Other Entitlements. It's a very dishonest representation of the budget, not to mention the 850 billion dollars in tax cuts that were just subtracted from the left chart.