Military, Healthcare Spending Up
February 13th, 2006 | by Paul Merda |In the last five years Military spending up 76%, Medicare up 57%, Social Security up 30%, all other Federal programs up 39%. Meanwhile the consumer debt is up 51% (that’s just in 5 years) and the interest payments on National Debt is up from $206.2 billion to $220 billion per year, that’s $14 billion less to pay for essentials. To make it look even worse, capital expenditures (ya know, highways, airports, community development) are up only 10% over 5 years. It seems we know what Dear Leaders highest priority is, instead of building this country, he plans to destroy others…. WaPo has more…
