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No, it doesn't. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...
by beatpanda 11y ago
No, it doesn't.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...
Large parts of those segments representing health care and social security represent money that is paid out to people who are working -- that is, it's a direct subsidy to employers who don't feel like paying their workers enough to cover their grocery and housing bills.
- refurb 11y agoMedicare (21%) - healthcare for retired people who don't work Medicaid (21%) - healthcare for low income, including people who don't work "safety net programs" (9%) - for the unemployed or disabled I get 51% from that.
- Retra 11y agoMedicare is an insurance program. You don't get it unless you've already paid into it. It's administered by the government, but it really isn't paid for by the government.