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And researched and reported on by the non-partisan CRS. No one has disputed or disproven the CRS means-tested welfare spending findings. No one has found incorrect data in the report.
More hyperbole. Denial is not a river in Egypt you know. No indeed I do get it. The truth hurts.
conservatives always believe they are the possessors of TRUTH. LOL
Instead you possess your imaginary beliefs about the lives of fictional people and complete strangers, which is fine for you, but there is nothing to discuss for me in your fictional hateful beliefs that you direct at complete strangers.
And researched and reported on by the non-partisan CRS. No one has disputed or disproven the CRS means-tested welfare spending findings. No one has found incorrect data in the report.
Man you are dense. Here is reality.
The con is pretty easy to see when you read the actual CRS report. Senate Republicans are counting 83 separate (and wildly different) programs as "welfare" in order to make the case that the government is spending more on poor people than old people. The majority of this money is Medicaid and CHIP, which are healthcare spending, which is increasing for the same reason that Medicare spending is increasing, which is that healthcare costs are increasing. (And Medicaid is much less generous than Medicare, because it is a program for poor people, not old people.)
But so many other things now also count as welfare, including Pell Grants, public works spending, Head Start, child support enforcement, the Child Tax Credit, Foster Care assistance, housing for old people, and much more. They're also counting the Earned Income Tax Credit, which is, traditionally, the form of "welfare" that conservative Republicans actually support. Basically, all social spending (though specifically not spending on rich old people or on healthcare for veterans with service-related disabilities, which Republicans requested be excluded from the CRS report) now counts as "welfare.
i paid 22% with no refund.(maybe i need a new tax person LOL)
even though the top tax rate is 39.5% that is only on a small percentage of of income.
it is misleading to say rich people paid a higher percentage of their income to taxes.
They pay a higher percentage of income tax then anyone else.
Capital gains tax is a lower rate to spur investing. People investing money create jobs for others.
conservatives always believe they are the possessors of TRUTH. LOL
Instead you possess your imaginary beliefs about the lives of fictional people and complete strangers, which is fine for you, but there is nothing to discuss for me in your fictional hateful beliefs that you direct at complete strangers.
Except these people are not fictional people. This is indeed happening in our country. But, hey, you're OK with women having multiple children with multiple fathers, and expecting everyone else to foot the bill, without having to give back, or take some sort of responsibility for their actions. I'm not.
The con is pretty easy to see when you read the actual CRS report. Senate Republicans are counting 83 separate (and wildly different) programs as "welfare" in order to make the case that the government is spending more on poor people than old people. The majority of this money is Medicaid and CHIP, which are healthcare spending, which is increasing for the same reason that Medicare spending is increasing, which is that healthcare costs are increasing. (And Medicaid is much less generous than Medicare, because it is a program for poor people, not old people.)
How is that not means-tested (requires no/low-income to qualify) welfare spending?
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But so many other things now also count as welfare, including Pell Grants, public works spending, Head Start, child support enforcement, the Child Tax Credit, Foster Care assistance, housing for old people, and much more. They're also counting the Earned Income Tax Credit, which is, traditionally, the form of "welfare" that conservative Republicans actually support. Basically, all social spending (though specifically not spending on rich old people or on healthcare for veterans with service-related disabilities, which Republicans requested be excluded from the CRS report) now counts as "welfare.
No, the report clearly only examines means-tested (requires no/low-income to qualify) welfare spending.
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