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Originally Posted by Relentless
Teachers do not help very smart people or very stupid people.
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Ridiculous post.
Families start the process, they back up teachers work. To say teachers don't help is ignoring reality.
The other two posts by Minte were equally stupid. no wonder jobs are going to China.
Minte, again I will ask you. How did Vietnam raise the money for their Government to give you a contract? Foriegn aid, a US company going to Vietnam, ????
Is this the waste you talk of?
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Federal entitlements are driving this spending growth, having increased from less than half of total federal outlays just 20 years ago to nearly 62 percent in 2012. Three major programs?Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security?dominate in size and growth, soaking up about 44 percent of the budget. All three programs are growing faster than inflation, and?when joined with $1.7 trillion in new Obamacare spending?will drain about 18.5 percent of the nation?s total economic output by mid-century. Because that is about the historical annual average of total federal tax revenue, it means all other government programs?national defense, veterans health care, transportation, federal law enforcement, and others?would effectively have to be financed on borrowed money.
Other entitlements continue growing as well. Anti-poverty programs have surged by 49 percent in just the past decade, even after adjusting for inflation. Spending for food stamps alone has more than tripled since 2002. Health programs, including Medicaid, have increased by 38 percent, and housing assistance by 48 percent.
Although these entitlement programs have dominated the government?s spending growth, discretionary spending?spending authorized by annual appropriations bills?also has grown by 40 percent more than inflation, to $1.289 trillion. Spending on non-defense programs has grown 29 percent. These outlays peaked in 2010 due to the stimulus bill, but remain 7 percent higher than their pre-stimulus level of 2008.
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