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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