THE AUDACITY: Scapegoating Social Safety Nets For $40 Trillion National Debt
The Mississippi Free Press reports:
Mainstream media and beltway hawks love playing budget alarmist the second working-class folks need survival resources. Notice how earned benefits like Social Security get dragged alongside war-machine spending, while billionaire tax handouts escape all blame?
The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending.
They will happily cut blank checks for foreign wars and defense contractors, but suddenly act dead broke when it comes to keeping our elders healthy and housed.
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