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Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
did I leave any entitlements out?
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Tons. According to the Cato Institute, there are over 2000 entitlements and subsides contained in the 2010 federal budget. Here are a few:
Any number of farm subsides and price supports.
Social Security.
Medicare.
Medicaid.
Veterans Benefits.
Veterans Health Care.
Pell Grants.
G.I. Bill.
Wall Street and Auto Company Bail Outs.
No doubt entitlement reform is needed. It is dragging the country further and further in a debt that we won't be able to pay off. But focusing on the small programs won't even put a dent in the problem. Only 25% of entitlement programs come from the Department of Health and Human Services. Less 1% of the federal budget is devoted to programs for women that "get rich" by having "illegitimate babies."
The politicians in DC have to stop screaming at each other and start talking/listening. Otherwise, the big problems that face us today will never get solved. Frankly, I am saddened to see the lack of respect that politicians have for each other. Without that respect, there will never be a level of trust established to actually compromise to get something done.