--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Denise Evans <dmevans365@...> wrote: > > I must be missing something - this budget breakdown is likely not put out by > right wing fringe groups if it is actually posted on whitehouse.gov. It also > doesn't reflect what will or will not be approved as it is just a beginning > cut that we are watching get hashed out. It does provide a useful graphic to > help us understand where our monies are going and I'm glad it is posted. > > Yes, the budget proportions reflect the reality that most of our current > government expenditure is SS, Medicare and Medicaid and Defense...this is a > known fact and not our president's fault - if the intent is to lay blame. It > is a good reminder that reform is needed, if we, the citizens, don't like the > proportions shown.
SS is and always has been pay as you go and so, insomuch as it is not paid for by normal tax dollars, it shouldn't be included in the normal budget figures. It is irrelevant to the discussion. IMHO.
