Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!matthews From: matthews@harvard.ARPA (Jim Matthews) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Supply-side Economics: the Savings Rate Message-ID: <474@harvard.ARPA> Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 12:45:51 EST Article-I.D.: harvard.474 Posted: Sun Nov 3 12:45:51 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 08:38:47 EST References: <1475@teddy.UUCP> <7800591@inmet.UUCP>, <756@whuxl.UUCP> <264@pyuxii.UUCP> <347@whuts.UUCP> Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 16 > = tim sevener > 1)Ronald Reagan has spent over $1 trillion on the military during his > administration, far more than combined outlays for "social spending". > For your information, Mr. Wheeler, "social spending" is usually not > defined as money for the Weather Bureau, the Parks System, > federal highways, etc. but money for various welfare programs. The budget of the Department of Health and Human Services, which spends money for nothing besides social programs, is much larger than that of the DoD, and has been for at least a decade. In fact, it is larger than the total budget of any nation on the globe, the U.S. and Soviet Union excepted. Furthermore, I don't believe it includes Food Stamps, which are administered by the Department of Agriculture. Jim Matthews matthews@harvard