Thread: This is shocking

Plain and simple your pie chart showing Military at 58% of the total budget is not only inaccurate but if presented as the truth borders on slander. It may well be the percentage of our disposable income because the politicians have given in to any good sounding social program that brought money into their districts. The actual budget by the Federal Budget Office says it comes in at 23% even with any of the conflicts. The standing army has not increased since, say Carter. In fact it has dropped by 15%.

Let us take California by the way. We owe over $30 Billion....with at B and have no army or anything other than socialist that have run the government into the ground after 3 decades of out of control spending. Implementing feel good regulations that shackle free men. Example; the cell phone law. New research say it did nothing to improve accident rates yet now the police are pulling people over for using their GPS units and claiming that it the same as texting so they can give out tickets to boost the general fund.....that is empty from run away spending.

Later,
Richard

Originally Posted by riooso

Plain and simple your pie chart showing Military at 58% of the total budget is not only inaccurate but if presented as the truth borders on slander.

It's actually accurate, but you have to pay attention. The pie chart corresponds to only the part to the right of the white line in the video (that's what 'discretionary' everywhere in the labels means).
The biggest inaccuracy is actually at 0:51 of the video and it was enough for me to discount the author as either incompetent or intentional liar. Plus one of the reasons I'm in this country is that I can add without resorting to my fingers.

Well, you should have been so concerned when you elected GWB. It's his debt.

Originally Posted by icedog

Well, you should have been so concerned when you elected GWB. It's his debt.

....wow.

Originally Posted by icedog

Well, you should have been so concerned when you elected GWB. It's his debt.

Absolutely right. We were totally solvent prior to GWB

Originally Posted by richmondesi

Absolutely right. We were totally solvent prior to GWB

Simply not supported by the facts. We have increased the debt every president since Johnson's term in office and at that time it was roughly $250 Billion since 1944. GWB and both houses spent money like it was water. They spent about $5 Trillion in 10 years more than they took in and that was supported by almost every Democrat in both houses. We voted them out! President O and both houses have spent over $3 Trillion more than they took in and that has only been 1 year. It also does not count the projected 10 Trillion for health care due in the future. It also does not include Social Security that both houses refused to fix which just by itself will bankrupt the country. Then there is Medicare which is just about ready to go hyper. Then there is the government printing money to the tune of $1.25 for every dollar in circulation. We are in deep DO-DO I don't care who is President. President O and both houses need to go.

Socialism and taking over car companies and stealing all the money from the shareholders and giving it to the Unions is crap. I will never buy another GM product as long as they are in existence.


Later,
Richard

Originally Posted by riooso

Simply not supported by the facts. We have increased the debt every president since Johnson's term in office and at that time it was roughly $250 Billion since 1944. GWB and both houses spent money like it was water. They spent about $5 Trillion in 10 years more than they took in and that was supported by almost every Democrat in both houses. We voted them out! President O and both houses have spent over $3 Trillion more than they took in and that has only been 1 year. It also does not count the projected 10 Trillion for health care due in the future. It also does not include Social Security that both houses refused to fix which just by itself will bankrupt the country. Then there is Medicare which is just about ready to go hyper. Then there is the government printing money to the tune of $1.25 for every dollar in circulation. We are in deep DO-DO I don't care who is President. President O and both houses need to go.

Socialism and taking over car companies and stealing all the money from the shareholders and giving it to the Unions is crap. I will never buy another GM product as long as they are in existence.


Later,
Richard

I see sarcasm isn't wasted on you