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From: larryk@tektronix.UUCP (Larry Kohn)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Social Security vs Social Welfare
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Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 16:14:40 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  6 16:14:40 1985
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>> 
>>             Data for the following table was obtained from the US
>> Statistical Abstract, 1984, p.316; the numbers indicate acutal outlays in
>> millions of dollars.

Adding some calculations not included in the previous two postings, yields:
 
                                                     CALCULATIONS
                                                   ----------------
>> 		                        1980    1983     AMOUNT   PERCENT
>>                               -----   -----     ------   -------
>> 		National Defense       135.9   214.8      +78.9    +58.1%
>> 		Vet.Benefits            21.2    24.4      + 3.2    +15.1%
>> 		Total Military         157.1   239.2      +82.1    +52.3%
>> 		% of total outlays      27.2    29.7      + 2.5%   ------
>> 
>> 		Income Security        193.1   282.5      +89.4    +46.3%
>> 		Health                  55.2    82.4      +27.2    +49.3%
>> 		Education               30.8    26.7      - 4.1    -13.3%
>> 		Total Social Spending  279.1   391.6     +112.5    +40.3%
>> 		% of total outlays      48.4    48.6      + 0.2%   ------
   

ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT:
----------------------                               CALCULATIONS
                                                   ----------------
>> 		                        1980    1983     AMOUNT   PERCENT
>>                               -----   -----     ------   -------
>> 		National Defense       135.9   214.8      +78.9    +58.1%
>> 		Vet.Benefits            21.2    24.4      + 3.2    +15.1%
>> 		Total Military         157.1   239.2      +82.1    +52.3%
>> 		% of total outlays      27.2    29.7      + 2.5%   ------
>> 
>> 		Health                  55.2    82.4      +27.2    +49.3%
>> 		Education               30.8    26.7      - 4.1    -13.3%
   		Total Social Spending   86.0   109.1      +23.1    +26.9%
   		% of total outlays      14.9    13.5      - 1.4%   ------


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