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   ARodney said, 6 months ago

   …and no Republican willing to stand up and say that a great America is worth paying for.
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   Gresch said, 6 months ago

   Quality pays for itself… demand more for our investments…
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   Chillbilly said, 6 months ago

   ^What he said.
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   echoraven said, 6 months ago

   @ARodney

   “great America” is a matter of opinion.
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   jimhargrave said, 6 months ago

   “a great America is worth paying for.” Paying for with what?? We are broke and getting worse. The worst is yet to come…
   ALL politicians are to blame for spending money we don’t have.
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   dtroutma said, 6 months ago

   The REAL cost of “defense” plus “homeland security” and the “war on terror” is MUCH larger than shown in any of these graphs and charts. Just the Pentagon budget is actually twice what the “advertised” amount is when the “black budget” and other contracting costs are factored in.
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   tod4 said, 6 months ago

   The military (defense) part is way to small…..
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   Radish said, 6 months ago

   People paid for social security and unemployment through taxes on their payroll. Not exactly entitlements. Some of the debt is the money owed to Social Security that was stolen by people like Bush to pay for their wars.
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   M Ster said, 6 months ago

   @Radish

   I agree. The pie chart is misleading because we are simultaneously paying into the Social Security fund, which largely offsets the amount paid out to us. We are also simultaneously paying into the unemployment and medicare funds. The same cannot be said for the military, agriculture, energy, etc., where we (the taxpayers) pay in and “they” take out.

   Some businesses constantly complain that their taxes are too high, but then line up for their government subsidies.
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    MortyForTyrant said, 6 months ago

    The numbers are not exact and Mr. Gorrell has combined a few areas that need separation. The real graph is at:

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    Wikipedia
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    braindead08 said, 6 months ago

    Doesn’t it say ‘Not meant to be factual’ in tiny print at the bottom?
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    Tigger said, 6 months ago

    @Radish

    Employees do not pay for unemployment, Unemployment Insurance is paid for by he Employer. No where on my pay check am I deducted for unemployment Insurance.
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    Tigger said, 6 months ago

    @M Ster

    Employers pay for Unemployment not Employees, look at your pay stub, \you will not see anywhere on your pay stub where your employer takes out money for unemployment.
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    Tigger said, 6 months ago

    @Radish

    Sorry, you’re wrong on this one, as it was LBJ who robbed the once Private SS Fund to pay for his ‘War on Poverty’

    Had LBJ not conned the then Democrat Controlled Congress into moving the SS Funds from their own Private Lock Box that FDR setup to the General Fund to fund his ‘War on Poverty’, SS would be sound as it would still be in its own Private untouchable Lock Box.
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    Tigger said, 6 months ago

    @M Ster

    Like GM and Chrysler?
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