70% Of Obama’s Budget Is Writing Checks To Individuals

Posted on February 9, 2016
70% Of Obama’s Budget Is Writing Checks To Individuals

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 9: A congressional House staffer holds the President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget in the House Budget Committee Room in the Cannon House Office Building on February 9, 2016 in Washington, D.C.President Obama releases his $4 trillion-plus budget in his final year at the White House. (Photo by Gabriella Demczuk/Getty Images)

In other words, more than 70% of federal spending amounts to taking money from one set of pockets, and depositing it in another

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