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Are you seriously claiming that the only non-working government dependents are the elderly and disabled? I've linked to this expose by NPR on disability fraud

• dragonwriter 10y ago
  > Are you seriously claiming that the only non-working government dependents are the elderly and disabled? I'm saying that the overwhelming majority of government spending on the non-working is benefits to the aged and disabled. SS and Medicare alone are the majority of such spending, and go exclusively to that group, and overwhelming to the aged specifically; the next big chunk is Medicaid (at least, the portion that goes to people that aren't working, some Medicaid beneficiaries are low-income but employed) which, while income qualified, has a very significant fraction of its expenses go to Medicaid/Medicare dual eligibles. And, so, to the extent that your pointing to the share of government spending that goes to the non-working is intended as something other than a red herring, it only makes sense if you plan on dragging the aged and disabled into your forced labor army as a condition of their continued survival.