Questions for survivalists

SmarterThanYou said:
you have that backwards. programs that help the poor, or what they call discretionary spending, should not be cut. non discretionary spending, like atf budgets, doe budgets, dhs budgets is what i'm talking about.
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So you're OK with food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare?
 
SmarterThanYou said:
you have that backwards. programs that help the poor, or what they call discretionary spending, should not be cut. non discretionary spending, like atf budgets, doe budgets, dhs budgets is what i'm talking about.
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What Is Mandatory Spending?:
Mandatory Spending, at $2.109 trillion in FY 2012. The largest mandatory spending programs were Social Security and Medicare, as follows:
•Social Security - $761 billion
•Medicare - $468 billion
•Medicaid - $269 billion
•TARP - $13 billion
•All other mandatory programs - $598 billion. These programs include Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation, Child Nutrition and Tax Credits, Supplemental Security for the Disabled and Student Loans.
http://useconomy.about.com/od/fiscalpolicy/p/Mandatory.htm

I'm confused. :confused:
 
\\(\(\/)/)// said:
I thought only Socialist nanny-statists wanted to take money from the wealthy job creator/super-achievers.
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Again you seem to have trouble with different ideas. Can you see the difference between accepting a gift and taking by force?
 
WinterBorn said:
Again you seem to have trouble with different ideas. Can you see the difference between accepting a gift and taking by force?
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"Take" was a poor choice of words.

I thought only Socialist nanny-statists wanted to accept money from the wealthy job creator/super-achievers.
 
apple0154 said:
What Is Mandatory Spending?:
Mandatory Spending, at $2.109 trillion in FY 2012. The largest mandatory spending programs were Social Security and Medicare, as follows:
•Social Security - $761 billion
•Medicare - $468 billion
•Medicaid - $269 billion
•TARP - $13 billion
•All other mandatory programs - $598 billion. These programs include Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation, Child Nutrition and Tax Credits, Supplemental Security for the Disabled and Student Loans.
http://useconomy.about.com/od/fiscalpolicy/p/Mandatory.htm

I'm confused. :confused:
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hmmm, no. that would be me. kindly reverse my terms of discretionary and non-discretionary.
 
\\(\(\/)/)// said:
"Take" was a poor choice of words.

I thought only Socialist nanny-statists wanted to accept money from the wealthy job creator/super-achievers.
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again, you seem to have trouble with different ideas. there's a world of difference between accepting money from the government that was taken by force/law from taxpayers and accepting a charitable gift from a private entity.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
again, you seem to have trouble with different ideas. there's a world of difference between accepting money from the government that was taken by force/law from taxpayers and accepting a charitable gift from a private entity.
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So begging is OK. Got it.
 
\\(\(\/)/)// said:
What if the beggar in question is a pregnant woman that you don't think is sexually attractive?
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Once again, it depends on whether I am being attacked. The "being attacked" is the key, not the gender, social status or whatever.
 
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