Showing posts with label social welfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social welfare. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

The Defense budget—far less than social services

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Just when I found the defense percentage of the budget chart, I can't find the liberal web page (Daily Kos, I think)  that totally disto...
Saturday, July 05, 2014

When enablers are addicted to feeling superior

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I was listening to an advice program on the radio today—a mom called about her addicted, bi-polar son who wanted to move out of the group ho...
Friday, December 27, 2013

Salvation Army is pro-life except when it isn’t

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Makes exceptions for disability (over 90% of Down Syndrome babies are aborted); health of the mother; rape or incest. We pulled our check ou...
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Friday, January 04, 2013

Promises, promises—your Social Security

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At the outset of the Social Security program (law was passed in 1935), the federal government published an informational pamphlet that stat...
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Where does the money go?

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In 2010, the federal government spent 61% of its finances on housing and community services, welfare and social services, recreation and cul...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Twiddle dum and Twiddle dee--"spending on things that matter"

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Do you remember that phrase after the last election? "Now maybe we can spend money on things that matter," by rejoicing, teary Ob...
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Sunday, September 07, 2008

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Core Values and Principles of Free Enterprise The Cline Center for Democracy at the University of Illinois is named for one of its very suc...