erynthered Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 http://news.investors.com/Article/600452/201202080802/government-dependence-jumps-under-president-obama.htm I had never heard of this before. Pretty interesting. The American public's dependence on the federal government shot up 23% in just two years under President Obama, with 67 million now relying on some federal program, according to a newly released study by the Heritage Foundation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Yes, we can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Wow. It was up 67% under Bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Wow. It was up 67% under Bush. His misery index numbers are right there with Bush too. Hell, misery loveves company when you need more rooster in your ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) http://news.investors.com/Article/600452/201202080802/government-dependence-jumps-under-president-obama.htm I had never heard of this before. Pretty interesting. The American public's dependence on the federal government shot up 23% in just two years under President Obama, with 67 million now relying on some federal program, according to a newly released study by the Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation's "Dependecy Index".... I highly doubt that study is biased..... lol Also, the wealth discepensies from between the rich and poor continue to grow, the more we encourage that kind of trend the most people who will not be able to keep up considering flat wages.... Edited February 8, 2012 by B-Large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 The Heritage Foundation's "Dependecy Index".... I highly doubt that study is biased..... lol Why did they even mention Bill Clinton, then? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whateverdude Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) Wow. It was up 67% under Bush. More like 56% for the 8 years...moron Edited February 8, 2012 by whateverdude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 The Heritage Foundation's "Dependecy Index".... I highly doubt that study is biased..... lol Also, the wealth discepensies from between the rich and poor continue to grow, the more we encourage that kind of trend the most people who will not be able to keep up considering flat wages.... how could you possibly reduce the growth of the wealth discrepancy while maintaining growth in the economy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Why did they even mention Bill Clinton, then? lol The underlying assumption I get from that article is "social/safety net programs are bad".... however, they continue to be very popular among both politcal affiliations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
....lybob Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Geeze, I thought this was about the banking industry but then I realized it would have been 23000% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 The underlying assumption I get from that article is "social/safety net programs are bad".... however, they continue to be very popular among both politcal affiliations... What I got from the article is "Its the Economy stupid". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 how could you possibly reduce the growth of the wealth discrepancy while maintaining growth in the economy? I don't think you will, and perhaps that is a symptom of globalization, a nation that has peaked and is starting to decline, and a populus that has a self-fulliling prophecy that revolves around their desire for Cheap. Most of America has a lust and addiction to Cheap- sit in a mall or box store, you will hear more than enough disusssions that reolves around "I want cheap", "what is the cheapest", "I don't care, I want Cheap".... but what I think people don't relize is that they hurt themselves as the load up imported trash from across the globe... How do you gow the economy while helping youself or your neighbor? Buy Local, Demand Local Products, purchase USA. Job created locally, Dollars spend Locally, less money into the hand of Middle Men skimmers like Walmart- you know those greedy compaines that people deried, but can't get to fast enough to buy stuff? If we kept activity HERE, we would not be trying to be Robin Hood's or paint Making Social Programs the Devil- that is just my opinion. What I got from the article is "Its the Economy stupid". and that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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