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From: orb@whuts.UUCP (SEVENER)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Retirement and "Social Welfare"
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Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 11:27:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  5 11:27:54 1985
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> In fact, according to the _Information_Please_Almanac_ for 1985,
> social welfare spending for 1982 (the latest year given) accounts
> for more than all the other federal outlays *combined*.  51%.
> David Olson

Part of what you are citing as "social welfare" spending is the
33% of the federal budget including trust funds which is slated
for Social Security.  Social Security is *not* social welfare nor
is it targetted for the poor - it is a government sponsored pension
plan which requires  a minimum amount of work-time paid into the
system before anyone is eligible.  People have paid into the
Social Security system for their whole working lives.
TO get a pension from this fund is *not* social welfare!
     tim sevener whuxn!orb