Sequestration - good, bad, or indifferent?

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Originally Posted by firstdown

You have no clue. Welfare spending on its own is above 10% then you have programs within other areas that are really welfare.





Under health care falls programs for lower income.
Education has programs for low income.

I have a good clue. You didn't break down that welfare spending.


US Welfare Spending for 2013 - Charts


Family and children spending equates to 111.7 billion of the total spending.

That is what most people bitch about when they talk welfare and that equates to about 26% of welfare spending. So about 2% of the total budget. I was a little off, it accounts for 2.6% of the budget.


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[firstdown]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

I have a good clue. You didn't break down that welfare spending.


US Welfare Spending for 2013 - Charts


Family and children spending equates to 111.7 billion of the total spending.

That is what most people bitch about when they talk welfare and that equates to about 26% of welfare spending. So about 2% of the total budget. I was a little off, it accounts for 2.6% of the budget.


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You cannot pick and choose what part of welfare you decide to count. Its over 10% of the budget.

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Originally Posted by firstdown

You cannot pick and choose what part of welfare you decide to count. Its over 10% of the budget.

Anytime I've heard a GOPer barking about welfare, it's been about foodstamps. I've never heard one bitch about the other funding within welfare. I picked it, because that's exactly what your party bitches about. It's no secret that conservatives associate food stamps with welfare.

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Anytime I've heard a GOPer barking about welfare, it's been about foodstamps. I've never heard one bitch about the other funding within welfare. I picked it, because that's exactly what your party bitches about. It's no secret that conservatives associate food stamps with welfare.

No shit your right its a PART of welfare but its just one part. I'm tired of having to pay the way for others who choose not to work. We keep extending unemployment and the wonder why so many people are unemployeed. HMMM maybe the two go hand in hand. I've also said we need to reduce spending on the military. Hell we are having these issues and Obama announced just on 2/28 that we are sending another 150 MILLION to Syria. So we are going to borrow money fron Japan to give it to Syria. What the F is wrong with this picture. WE ARE OUT OF MONEY AND WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM. I'm a 100% for these cuts and I'm in an area that will get hit the hardest.

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Originally Posted by firstdown

You have no clue. Welfare spending on its own is above 10% then you have programs within other areas that are really welfare.





Under health care falls programs for lower income.
Education has programs for low income.

Also, it dawned on me that you have the wrong chart displayed. This is a chart displaying ALL the spending (fed/state/local) and not just federal. The real chart is here.

US Fed Spending Pie Chart for 2013 - Charts



Military spending 24% compared to Welfare's 11% and 23% in pensions.


Here are the actual numbers.

US Federal Budget FY13 Estimated Spending Breakdown - Pie Chart