The Federal Government Is Bloated Beyond Belief! [Video]

The Federal Government is bloated beyond reasonable expectation. A Representative in the House used to represent about a tenth of the population they now do. So do they still actually represent our concerns? Heck no!

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In the meantime federal spending is projected to grow at a rapid pace beyond the 10-year budget window. Without reforms, spending on interest on the debt, health care programs (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, etc.), and Social Security will reach unsustainable levels. As a result, these spending levels will cause exploding deficits as tax revenues will be at their modern average level (1952-2008

SF Source  PJ Media  Mar 3 2015


spendingPresident Obama’s proposed federal budget for 2016 envisions never-ending growth of federal spending.

This is a significant change from the past six years in which federal government spending has held fairly steady. Following a big jump in 2009 due to the bailouts and financial crisis, government spending never returned to pre-crisis levels, but it didn’t grow either. In 2009, the federal government spent $3.518 trillion, and that number was nearly identical at $3.506 trillion in 2014.

But things are different now. The president’s budget envisions a $253 billion spending increase in 2015 and another $240 billion hike next year. In fact, federal spending is poised to grow more than $200 billion annually every single year for the next decade.

Most Americans, however, would probably be surprised to learn that these hikes have little to do with the president’s expensive new dreams or the recklessness of Congress.

In fact, just about all the spending increases comes from a handful of established programs: a $53 billion increase in Medicare, $47 billion more spending for Social Security, a $37 billion hike for National Defense and $18 billion more for Medicaid.

Oh, and then there’s interest on the federal debt. That’s projected to go up $54 billion next year.

Add it all up and that accounts for $209 billion of the $240 billion in spending hikes for 2016. Continue reading . . .

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