Most government spending is social programs

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Most government spending is social programs

TB — 4/15/2009 6:53:13 PM (archived)

Approaching two-thirds at this point. Entitlements alone are larger than all the discretionary spending combined, including defense.

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Will any of you participate in any teabagging tomorrow? - alcaray - 4/14/2009 10:25:00 PM
- A summary of all the teabagging - alcaray - 4/15/2009 11:19:24 PM
  - A slightly less hysterical summary - TB - 4/15/2009 11:39:22 PM
    - Thank You Tom. I appreciate it. - Jody - 4/16/2009 3:29:01 PM
    - Wow! I hope nobody confuses non-mainstream with non-biased. - alcaray - 4/16/2009 12:37:49 AM
      - Well, nobody confuses mainstream with non-biased either any more. (n/t) - TB - 4/16/2009 12:50:00 AM
    - And the teabaggers are protesting...What? A 3% rise in the tax rate for millionaires? - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2009 12:00:15 AM
      - I keep on channeling this image of Daffy Duck... - ER - 4/16/2009 2:26:43 AM
      - Most of them are protesting the tax cuts they got. Unwittingly because they still believe the big lies from the election. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/16/2009 12:39:17 AM
      - re: And the teabaggers are protesting...What? - TB - 4/16/2009 12:22:46 AM
        
        The difference in those numbers - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2009 4:38:56 AM
        
        A bullshit graph from a bullshit source. - et - 4/16/2009 1:12:03 AM
        
        re: source is the CBO - TB - 4/16/2009 3:50:37 AM
        
        That's funny, the link says Pajamas media - et - 4/16/2009 1:57:16 PM
        
        Foul - RobVG - 4/17/2009 12:19:08 AM
        
        Cock - et - 4/17/2009 5:12:13 AM
        
        You liberals are a different bunch. - RobVG - 4/17/2009 2:47:59 PM
        
        They blame TB for all things black and white. - Jody - 4/17/2009 3:24:39 PM
        
        Did you read the CBO report I linked? (n/t) - TB - 4/17/2009 5:29:11 AM
        
        That's only part of the picture. - et - 4/17/2009 5:45:39 AM
        
        Graph 2 - et - 4/17/2009 5:47:31 AM
        
        Now put those next to each other at the same scale. (n/t) - TB - 4/17/2009 5:54:36 AM
        
        Oh...you mean like this? - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/17/2009 10:12:45 AM
        
        And it's always been a game for you... (n/t) - et - 4/17/2009 4:00:51 PM
        
        Hardly. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/17/2009 9:23:28 PM
        
        You didn't even notice those were different scales, did you? (n/t) - TB - 4/17/2009 4:28:17 PM
        
        Oh, I see. It's a game to you... - et - 4/17/2009 5:58:52 AM
        
        One small point... - TB - 4/17/2009 4:52:44 AM
        
        I agree Rob... (n/t) - Jody - 4/17/2009 12:46:56 AM
        
        Republicans are not even trying to offer serious solutions to the nation's problems - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2009 4:57:55 PM
        
        Yeah they are. They've essentially been shut down in Washington. - TB - 4/16/2009 6:25:16 PM
        
        Proving my point - Buck Galaxy - 4/17/2009 1:43:32 AM
        
        Well... - TB - 4/17/2009 4:24:59 AM
        
        Shouldn't GDP be roughly proportional to employment? - alcaray - 4/17/2009 7:09:47 PM
        
        New Deal Unemployment stats - Buck Galaxy - 4/17/2009 6:00:01 AM
        
        You have an odd definition of success. - TB - 4/17/2009 6:10:07 AM
        
        That is what et is talking about - Buck Galaxy - 4/17/2009 3:44:10 PM
        
        All right then. - TB - 4/17/2009 4:25:56 PM
        
        Buck was talking about the New Deal. Your graphs don't show it. - alcaray - 4/17/2009 7:15:45 PM
        
        Good God. - TB - 4/17/2009 8:04:58 PM
        
        You are clearly not interested in honest debate - Buck Galaxy - 4/17/2009 11:33:39 PM
        
        re: honest debate - TB - 4/18/2009 1:15:52 AM
        
        Fair enough - Buck Galaxy - 4/18/2009 3:13:07 AM
        
        Okay, let's clarify... - TB - 4/18/2009 5:43:32 PM
        
        re: Okay, let's clarify... - Buck Galaxy - 4/18/2009 9:50:42 PM
        
        Ideas - TB - 4/18/2009 10:06:21 PM
        
        re: Ideas - ER - 4/19/2009 3:17:21 AM
        
        Social Security - TB - 4/19/2009 4:27:07 AM
        
        If there is a loss of confidence in Social Security - ER - 4/19/2009 12:35:46 PM
        
        Trust - TB - 4/20/2009 3:55:55 AM
        
        Look at the polls. - TB - 4/20/2009 3:48:32 AM
        
        Polls don't mean crap. (n/t) - ER - 4/20/2009 10:35:53 AM
        
        Then where is your "loss of confidence" information coming from? (n/t) - TB - 4/20/2009 5:30:19 PM
        
        Ask anyone on Social Security. - ER - 4/20/2009 6:25:53 PM
        
        And... - TB - 4/20/2009 8:08:59 PM
        
        Okay, you lost me. - TB - 4/20/2009 8:02:50 PM
        
        You are deliberately misleading and then abusive when called on it. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2009 9:10:22 PM
        
        Ever the diplomat, eh? - ER - 4/17/2009 8:26:35 PM
        
        My Solution - REB - 4/16/2009 6:02:29 PM
        
        The bailouts are a necessary evil - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2009 6:19:15 PM
        
        I hope you are right Buck - REB - 4/16/2009 6:30:34 PM
        
        If everything we hear is the truth...you are correct Buck. (n/t) - Jody - 4/16/2009 5:14:46 PM
- I would love to protest the Bailouts. - REB - 4/15/2009 5:55:49 PM
- Nope...I drink my tea...hot and straight.... - Jody - 4/15/2009 3:21:09 PM
- She's laughing because she probably knows what "teabagging" means in online gameplay. - RobVG - 4/15/2009 12:40:17 AM
  - I don't know what it means in online gameplay. - alcaray - 4/15/2009 1:17:45 AM
    - Is that anything like roleplay?...heh - Jody - 4/15/2009 3:22:32 PM
    - Found it. It was ABC. - alcaray - 4/15/2009 1:45:40 AM
      - Conservatives are not opposed to deficits. - ER - 4/15/2009 10:44:48 AM
        
        You nailed it. (n/t) - RobVG - 4/16/2009 12:03:28 AM
        
        The gift that keeps on giving. - ER - 4/16/2009 1:10:34 AM
        
        Deficits are only a problem to Conservatives when discussing social programs. - Bowser - 4/15/2009 6:34:51 PM
        
        It's OK to have deficits to kill people, just not so that OUR people can live. (n/t) - Eri - 4/15/2009 6:54:46 PM
        
        Most government spending is social programs - TB - 4/15/2009 6:53:13 PM
        
        And tell me what the costs would be without them - azstrummer - 4/16/2009 3:38:08 AM
        
        The point, and there was one, - TB - 4/16/2009 4:37:33 AM
        
        So obviously you want to get rid of that social spending - azstrummer - 4/16/2009 2:28:12 PM
        
        Get rid of it? No. But just for starters, we could try not to double it. - TB - 4/16/2009 6:25:55 PM
        
        Actually, I doubt they'll take my advice - azstrummer - 4/17/2009 12:24:49 AM
        
        An interesting idea. - TB - 4/17/2009 5:27:10 AM
        
        It isn't that government has any special expertise in medical care. - azstrummer - 4/17/2009 2:53:06 PM
        
        re: government expertise - TB - 4/17/2009 4:01:26 PM
        
        I'd agree with some of what you say - azstrummer - 4/18/2009 2:18:00 AM
        
        And on distrust of government... - TB - 4/18/2009 8:32:48 PM
        
        Market - TB - 4/18/2009 6:31:59 PM
        
        This one is. - TB - 4/15/2009 4:56:32 PM
        
        As a general rule, the private sector will tend to put money into things that will return real profit. - ER - 4/16/2009 12:15:27 PM
        
        Tax patriotism - TB - 4/16/2009 8:03:14 PM
        
        This whole "ducked taxes" meme - azstrummer - 4/18/2009 2:33:32 AM
        
        re: This whole "ducked taxes" meme - TB - 4/18/2009 8:49:42 PM
        
        I knew there was a reason you failed to comment on Reich's article. (n/t) - ER - 4/17/2009 12:14:52 AM
        
        "As a general rule, the private sector will tend to put money into things that will return real wealth." - azstrummer - 4/16/2009 3:46:39 AM
        
        Amen! - Jody - 4/15/2009 3:19:42 PM
- Teabagging in Tricorns - ER - 4/14/2009 11:38:28 PM

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