Subj : WHY GAS PRICES ARE RE
To   : CRYSTAL WALTERS
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Sun Mar 13 2011 20:22:12




CW>>JB> Typical guns and butter debate. Military spending equals less
CW>>JB> than 16%  of the federal budget whereas entitlement spending is
CW>>JB> close to 40%.  The  bottom line is that the government is very
CW>>JB> inefficient and there is  plenty of room for trimming and
CW>>JB> cutting.

CW>>Not sure I'm familiar with the term "entitlement soending", please
CW>>elaborate.

 JB> Entitlement spending.  It is what the government spends for
 JB> entitlement programs.  I personally believe they are
 JB> misnamed because who decides who does and doesn't deserve a
 JB> government entitlement ?  And why are the entitled to it ?

 Notice how his definition is circular. Entitlement spending is
 anything the right wingers don't like.

 It's a label they put on it to make it look like something that
 has to be cut, no matter how damaging to the economy or the
 nation, or the people.

 They really can't explain much about it. And the greatest sence
 of entitlement in this country is that held by the wealthy. The
 group JB believes is entitled to everything.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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