Ted Rall for July 15, 2011
Transcript:
Dem vs. GOP Budget smackdown! Economic catastrophe looms as the two parties lock in an epic ideological clash. (Barack Obama: Most of the deficit is caused by the military.) (Give up wars?! Never!) (Barack Obama: I'm with you on that. We do have one of the lowest real corporate tax rates in the world. Mine too.) (Those are our donors!) (Barack Obama: Guess we'll have to agree to agree.) (Don't tell my constituents.)
grayhares01 almost 13 years ago
Even Tower is wrong, while at the same time right. .The biggest line item in the US budget is Social Security. #2 is the military. #3 is welfare.If Obamacare is allowed to pass it will likely jump ahead of welfare to to #3…
grapfhics almost 13 years ago
Isn’t the source of money used to pay for the current military expenses (and those outsourced Hessians and privateers) coming from Social Security funds?
crlinder almost 13 years ago
Man, are you misinformed. Foreign aid makes up less than 2% of the US budget (http://goo.gl/WCWPg), and welfare makes up less than 12% (http://goo.gl/EY4x6).
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In contrast, direct military spending is 24% and indirect military spending (VA hospitals, soldiers; pensions, and other costs that exist because of the military, e.g., interest on the debt due to past military spending) are about 15% (see my last URL).
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If you want to get rid of the deficit just by cutting spending, you have to go where the money is.
schnitzelfritz almost 13 years ago
if everyone from the president down to the lowest government, stae, city official would take a 75 percent pay cut (since 99.9 percent are rich or have another job) we would be out of debt and have a surpluse. obamah has shown he is a dictatore not a person for the people cause if it isnot his way he vetos, or if he does not like a jole he has you….
tonyd1942 almost 13 years ago
Schnitzelfritz, you are an idiot. I work for the government and if I took a 75% cut in pay, then I would be taking home every month, $940. $720 of that would have to go for monthly rent. Doesn’t leave much. With the workload I have, thanks to personnel cuts, I wouldn’t bother with the job. You try living on that with a family and then tell me the results.
AdmNaismith almost 13 years ago
SS is not a budget item. It pays for itself, or should. SS can be sustained by removing the salary cap for collecting SS taxes (means testing would be a good idea, but not be required for sustainability).
RunninOnEmpty almost 13 years ago
Forest for the trees: the super-rich are hauling it all away at historic levels, benefiting no one but themselves, and the rest and their descendants are sinking fast.
tcity almost 13 years ago
Also the point of the cartoon is that repubs and demos are in the same bed, paid for by corprate donors.
selrac almost 13 years ago
benefits for illegals??? doesn’t happen. Matter of fact more illegals pay ssn and never receive it . quit the ignorance.
selrac almost 13 years ago
truth hurts you that much?