U.S. Ranks Dead Last In Overall Social Spending

[cory777]

Politicus USA
Apr. 16, 2011

This report from the OECD and The Business Insider, could not have come at a more crucial time in our national debate regarding the federal budget and the course the Republicans have chosen to take.

The conservative pundits are trying to frame this debate along the lines that the deficit and debt of the United States was created by the liberal, nanny state programs. This is an outright lie they have drummed into the heads of the American people. Unfortunately, some of the pundits are trusted sources of information for millions of people.

The United States currently ranks thirty-fourth(34th) out of the thirty-four(34) members of the OECD in regards to spending on social programs, DEAD LAST.

The amount the United States spends is currently only 7.2% of our gross domestic product on programs that make up our social contract with the American people.

read more - http://www.politicususa.com/en/u-s-ranks-dead-last-in-overall-social-spending

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[lonestarnot]

1. Wow, just wow.

[dkf]

2. They amended the piece. We are 25th out of 34

"Update: I used some information that has since been corrected on the original site, Business Insider. It turns out that the United States spends 16.2% of our GDP on social programs, NOT 7.2%."

http://www.businessinsider.com/countries-most-entitlement-spending-2011-4?op=1