Less than 15% of your federal income taxes goes to welfare (Al Gore, health care)

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

FEDERAL

food stamps:
98,000,000,000
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TANF
58,000,000,000
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medicaide:
330,000,000,000
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federal total:
486,000,000,000
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486 billion out of a federal revenue of 2.6 trillion
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that would be about 20%...not 15%
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then add
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medicare:
564 billion
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thats now 1.05 trillion...now its 40% of the revenue
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then add the 850 billion pound gorrilla of SS
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now we are up to 1.9 trillion in spending.....or 73% of the revenue
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thread debunked

and that doesn't count the amount spent on administering all the programs or the tax credits people under a certain level recieve...

[Sco]

Originally Posted by Oldglory

I don't mind helping the truly needy but I resent the welfare leaches and illegal immigrants in our country getting any of my tax dollars.

Illegal immigrants are not eligible for welfare. You know that already, but it still doesn't stop the hateful, bigoted posts from nativists like you.

[Robin Rossi]

Originally Posted by Torpedos

how much percentage goes to defense?

In 2011, 20 percent of the budget paid for defense and security-related international activities.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Torpedos

how much percentage goes to defense?

a lot more, but that isn't the subject of this thread..you are talking apples and oranges..do you realize some of those working to defend our country have to depend on welfare to make ends meet, maybe you would like their salaries cut even more..?? These are the young men and women, using welfare my heart goes out to...

[Robin Rossi]

Originally Posted by ColonelStraker

Me too!! I don't see any mention of "welfare spending" in the Constitution. Feeding the poor is a LOCAL issue.

Constituiton??? Isn't that your morning poop?

IOW, we left the Constitution and Constitutionial government behind in our trail dust decades ago, with the improper expansion of the commerce between the states clause.

[tim6624]

15 cents of every dollar earned goes to someone who didn't earn it.

Sounds fair, right democrats?

[busterkeaton]

Originally Posted by nmnita

a lot more, but that isn't the subject of this thread..you are talking apples and oranges..do you realize some of those working to defend our country have to depend on welfare to make ends meet, maybe you would like their salaries cut even more..?? These are the young men and women, using welfare my heart goes out to...

Isn't that the mantra of "private gains...public loss"? It's served the Walmart empire well.

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by torpedos

how much percentage goes to defense?

4% of GDP....right in line with the rest of the worlds 2-6% of gdp

current defense budget is 670 billion....which is less tha ss....less than medicare/medicaid........

[Konraden]

Originally Posted by tim6624

15 cents of every dollar earned goes to someone who didn't earn it.

Sounds fair, right democrats?

15% of federal income tax goes to welfare programs according to Savoir Faire, who has yet to cite the source for this information.

Where the hell did you get 15% of GDP?

[Darkatt]

Originally Posted by Savoir Faire

So why do righties ***** and moan about the Obama administration redistributing their money to the poor.

Because in 2011, total taxes collected by the federal government was 2.3 trillion, 15% of that is 345 billion dollars.

Doesn't include medicare or medicaid though.