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Just look at the federal budget. 2/3 goes to entitlement programs.
That’s your answer.
Wrong. About 21% goes to "entitlement" programs (which includes Social Security and Medicare, programs that aren't entitlements,) and 16% goes to the war, whoops military budget.
I would read Manufacturing Consent or maybe save your energy and watch Requiem for an American dream. I think Noam Chomsky has a fairly coherent view on the OPs questions. The short answer it seems to me is that corporations run the government, but those corporations are run by people, a concentrated few and extremely powerful people, but still people, nonetheless.
Big money runs the government which corporations have in spades. Along WITH lobbyists to ensure that the laws favor corporations.
Simple and to the point. When it comes to small things people do have some say, so long as it doesn't get in the way of the big money. Look at what we spend on the military and where it's spent.
The people have the authority, if they will take it.
But they frequently abdicate that power out of apparent disinterest to whoever else will take it on, which is frequently the moneyed interests, including political action committees, lobbying groups, and to a lesser extent, corporations.
The people have the authority, if they will take it.
But they frequently abdicate that power out of apparent disinterest to whoever else will take it on, which is frequently the moneyed interests, including political action committees, lobbying groups, and to a lesser extent, corporations.
The people don’t care enough too lazy they care more about watching things on You Tube then thier own country.
Wrong. About 21% goes to "entitlement" programs (which includes Social Security and Medicare, programs that aren't entitlements,) and 16% goes to the war, whoops military budget.
Of course they are. You are recieving someone elses redistributed earnings.
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