tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792939669647451925.post196194770510722248..comments2021-10-23T06:53:07.235-07:00Comments on Neo-Whig: Less Social Works Programs=Less TaxesNeo-Whig Partyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112320695590350610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792939669647451925.post-9372365771533818642010-03-15T12:30:44.088-07:002010-03-15T12:30:44.088-07:00It's not tough. There should be less strain on...It's not tough. There should be less strain on the private sector and less taxes so people can afford these things privately so we can have economic growth. It Besides, you're still missing a chunk of where I taxes go. At best you covered 70% of all funding's, and not the rest. I'm saying there needs to be a lot of clean in the social programs. I'm sorry to say this, but you're playing the pathos here.Neo-Whig Partyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112320695590350610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7792939669647451925.post-73278132847226550692010-03-11T19:35:26.214-08:002010-03-11T19:35:26.214-08:00Unemployment, Welfare, Medicaid, and Medicare, com...Unemployment, Welfare, Medicaid, and Medicare, combined, comprise about a third of the total budget. The other "social programs" that are, according to you, ruining the country? The Department of Education takes less than 2%. Health and Human Services take about 2.5%.<br /><br />The military costs around 40% of our total budget, beating all these evil "socialist" things combined.<br /><br />Gee, should we deny health care to old people, keep children from attending schools, stop public vaccinations, condom distribution and health clinics (which save untold billions of dollars in health costs, not to mention lives), and tell people who have been laid off thanks to the free market types on Wall Street... or should we reduce military funding, whose baseline budget is ten times that of the next biggest spender (the U.K., our ally)? <br /><br />Hmmmm, this is a tough one. *facepalm*Frinknoreply@blogger.com