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Topic	Mitch McConnell blames entitlements for the deficit
gunplagirl 10/16/18 12:27:00 PM #24:	s0nicfan posted... gunplagirl posted... Questionmarktarius posted... gunplagirl posted... s0nicfan posted... Entitlements make up about 60% of the budget, with the military sitting at around 20%. You know that, right? EDIT: https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/total_spending_pie%2C__2015_enacted.png https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/military-spending-united-states/ I'm skeptical of their reliability since this is for the same year from the same source. Projection or not, something's awry. Discretionary spending is a fraction of total spending. That's the part where everyone screws up. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/glossary/#discretionary-spending Ah, that's actually helpful to know. Either way, calling medical care an entitlement is like saying do not grow addicted to water for it'll make you weak. It's called an entitlement because people are entitled to it. You wouldn't want to call it anything else, because the actual word being used implies it is a right. That doesn't mean it doesn't cost money. Except when it's used, a disturbing amount of people use it for the negative connotation. "They feel entitled to my tax dollars for their transgender surgery arrrrrrrgh" and whatnot. --- Pew pew! <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:910623919] in Mitch McCo... [t:77102639]...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gunplagirl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>s0nicfan posted...</cite> <quote>Entitlements make up about 60% of the budget, with the military sitting at around 20%. You know that, right? EDIT: https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/total_spending_pie%2C__2015_enacted.png</quote> https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/military-spending-united-states/ I'm skeptical of their reliability since this is for the same year from the same source. Projection or not, something's awry.</quote> Discretionary spending is a fraction of total spending. That's the part where everyone screws up. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/glossary/#discretionary-spending</quote> Ah, that's actually helpful to know. Either way, calling medical care an entitlement is like saying do not grow addicted to water for it'll make you weak.</quote> It's called an entitlement because people are entitled to it. You wouldn't want to call it anything else, because the actual word being used implies it is a right. That doesn't mean it doesn't cost money.</quote> Except when it's used, a disturbing amount of people use it for the negative connotation. "They feel entitled to my tax dollars for their transgender surgery arrrrrrrgh" and whatnot. --- Pew pew!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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