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Ahh, I misunderstood you. To be fair, you weren't perfectly clear lol



I had no clue you were talking about things like food stamps (SNAP). When you said "the entitlement programs" I thought you were talking about the bulk of them (SS & Medicare), which are the lion's share of mandatory spending. I hadn't meant that the programs "people bitch about" was a particular subset you didn't name.

That said, SNAP is part of the mandatory spending portion too. It's not discretionary.

Okay.
Whether discretionary or not, the entitlements a certain half of our country bitches about as being handouts or unearned or whatever equals drops in the bucket compared to everything else.  
And the military spending % of the discretionary budget is only growing under Trump.  
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It's funny, our geography is a natural defense.  But it's not enough.  We have BY FAR the #1 navy in the world.  That's not enough.  We have BY FAR the #1 air force in the world.  Nope, still need more.  The Marines, the coast guard, the NSA, the FBI, the CIA, the DoD,...800 military bases in 70 countries.  
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W.....T......F........

Yeah, and you are entitled to SS payments at the correct age.  You are not being in any sense paid back what you put into it.  That money went to folks receiving benefits at the time, plus some into the SSTF.

It's an entitlement.  There is nothing pejorative about the term, except as common usage has altered its meaning.  You are entitled to payments.  That is the definition of an entitlement.

Wasn't SS at risk a few years ago?  Did that ever get settled?  The balloon population of the boomers retiring and all that....???

Take it to the other thread I started.

I would like to see a response to the research I did on the Alabama stuff. I spent about 2 hours on that, based on your question: "Why is that?"

To not get a response, to me, is disrespectful.


So?

Yeah, and you are entitled to SS payments at the correct age.  You are not being in any sense paid back what you put into it.  That money went to folks receiving benefits at the time, plus some into the SSTF.

It's an entitlement.  There is nothing pejorative about the term, except as common usage has altered its meaning.  You are entitled to payments.  That is the definition of an entitlement.

There is a new thread for this.



I want a response from @OrangeAfroMan on my Alabama research. I would like it now.

lol

That's the response I get for doing your research? You asked, and I did it for you.

So I need to find your post on another thread, then find out what I was even asking about, because I don't remember....and there's a time limit?
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Panties......bunch.....much

It's in this thread, which got derailed, as usual. I'll bring it to the forefront, for you.

This is me, saying I would do the research necessary to properly respond.

Why is that? 

There are many reasons.

Poor population may be one. Mass congregation in churches is for sure one. Ignorant to the severity. Lack of social distancing. It all adds up.

What these IHEM models are not showing us is demographics. That I'm really curious about.

I have some ideas from looking at maps in my own area, town by town, because I know those towns. In general, it is the wealthy towns (travel-related, no doubt) and the very poor towns that are the hardest hit. I know "who" lives where around here.

I guess I will try to do some research to drill down on the why, versus assuming that they are "conservative" or otherwise. I'll report back on what I find, if I'm able to figure out the demographics of towns down there. I have no familiarity at all with the makeup of Birmingham, for example, so it will take me some time.