Re: Reality Check: Entitlement Spending Dwarfs Wars Since 2001 - 65% - 19%

well a few have die from freezing at heat related deaths because they
had no money



On 5/28/12, lew <lewcoop@aol.com> wrote:
> How many starvation deaths have there been in the U.S. in the last 30
> years?
>
> On May 27, 7:10 pm, EARL DOYLE <lesjul...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> so Lew you want us to see starving people die on the streets
>>
>> On 5/27/12, lew <lewc...@aol.com> wrote:
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>> > Reality Check: Entitlement Spending Dwarfs Wars Since 2001 - 65% - 19%
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>> > Kate Hicks
>> > Townhall.com
>> > May 27, 2012 09:11 AM EST
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>> > Some bad news for the vehement anti-war set: they've lost the spending
>> > argument. A new chart reveals that in the last decade, spending on
>> > national security, Iraq, and Afghanistan combined paled in comparison
>> > to entitlement spending -- 19% to 65%,
>>
>> > "About 65 percent of federal expenditures over the last ten years have
>> > gone towards entitlements,"Paul Miller writes. "By comparison, about
>> > 15 percent has gone towards national defense, excluding the wars in
>> > Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq has cost three percent, and only about one
>> > percent has gone towards the war in Afghanistan (including the cost of
>> > ongoing military operations and all reconstruction and stabilization
>> > assistance combined), according to my analysis of figures from OMB."
>>
>> > In other words, Miller says, "Afghanistan is the second-cheapest
>> > major war in U.S. history as a percentage of GDP, according to the
>> > Congressional Research Service."
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>> > And of course, it's worth noting that war spending is about to
>> > decline, as our efforts abroad wind down, but entitlement spending
>> > will only grow as more people retire. For all President Obama's talk
>> > of a cheaper, "leaner" military, that's clearly not the area in need
>> > of a trimming.
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