I quoted you both, because in my perfect world... some of the billions of dollars we spend on the war on drugs each year should be spent on mental health treatment and awareness (much of which is drug related). We spend $1,700 per SECOND on the war on drugs, and for what? The highest incarceration rate in the western world? We need to follow in Portugal's footsteps with the war on drugs. Treat, don't punish.
more like handouts to the corporations? How much welfare is going out to a poor black lady in alabama vs. the billions and billions in handouts (welfare) to corporations? let's focus on getting 100% from a lady that has a penny. Sounds like a legit business strategy to help the USA govt get solvent. I thought you were business minded? where is the money in sapping every penny from a poor person? NEWS FLASH - THEY DONT HAVE ANY MONEY! HOW IS THIS GOING TO HELP? BY SAVING A PENNY? smh
more than 170 billion dollars is expended on assorted varieties of corporate welfare the federal government spends 11 billion dollars on Aid for Dependent Children. The most expensive means tested welfare program, Medicaid, costs the federal government 30 billion dollars a year or about half of the amount corporations receive each year through assorted tax breaks. S.S.I., the federal program for the disabled, receives 13 billion dollars while American businesses are given 17 billion in direct federal aid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_welfare LETS GET THEM POORS !!
I know you're trolling for a response/trying to get a rise out of people, But I'll take the bait anyways and attempt to appeal to your logical/educated side (I mean, you did go to Rice, right?). Are you aware of the percentage of the total federal budget that goes to "welfare"? Do you realize how minuscule it is?? I'm the first to yell about ridiculous government spending and increasing taxes, but sometimes context is very important, and making a statement like that makes the board almost certain that you are indeed a troll who just enjoys pissing off people and making their heads explode lol.
Winner. This is the single biggest problem our country faces. We're in serious trouble as a nation if this problem isn't fixed.
How does having a single payer system change the fact we're spending a ton of cash on old people to keep 'em alive a few extra months? How does having a single payer fix this country's obesity problem? Do tell.
pay less for treatment of the elderly and the fat, and all patients really, and also more focus on preventative care. http://www.pnhp.org/publications/a_better_quality_alternative.php?page=all Tons of cash suddenly becomes 40% less cost and comparable or better quality. That's still tons of cash, but it's also tons of cash less.
i leave the morals and ethics aside on the elderly and the obese, but the simple truth is that a single-payer system is more efficient in treating these groups at lower cost than the system America currently has, and even the compromise it is trying to push through now.
You can combine them all with a few more and combine them to create: 6. Globalist takeover and systematic destruction of the United States as we know ir.
i think the new world order would integrate the United States as a "state" among equals---therefore ironically mirroring the creation of the United States itself. great compromise v.2 for the World Senate.
