Thursday, October 17, 2013

Entitlement Nation

Tyler Durden writes at Zero Hedge,

The following items comprise what is defined as the key Non-Defense Discretionary Spending (NDDS) components of government outlays:

Job training and worker dislocation programs

All elementary, secondary and higher education

Health research and training

Consumer and occupational health and safety

Federal law enforcement and Federal judicial system

Pollution control and abatement

Air, ground and water transportation (FAA, Coast Guard)

US Army Corps of Engineers

General science research, NASA

Energy R&D and demonstration projects

NIH/CDC spending on disease control and bioterrorism

International drug control and law enforcement

Why do we bring it up? Because the following chart shows the ratio of historical and projected government spending on entitlements - these are self-explanatory - to all the non-defense discretionary items listed above. It shows a disturbing trend.

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