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Re: Discussion (Was: Blue Hopper Car Mania...)
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:06:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Last I head, from the Congressional Budget office figures, about 7 out of 8
> dollars go to the administering of the programs, not the recipients, so • whenever
> they talk about putting more money there, it is for the people running it, not
> the people on it. Another tidbit, on these same lines, what is the biggest
> union? the UAW, or the UFCW? Nope, it is the United Federal workers Union.
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> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > Jasper Janssen wrote:
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> > > I wonder where you get your figures. My figures say the costs of
> > > administration of the US welfare system are about 2% of the total sum
> > > paid out.
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> > and mine say they can go as high as 70%.
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> > 2% admin for a US government program? Laughable.
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Not only the huge costs of dispensing the money in these programs, but I have
heard that 50% of the money that the IRS collects is spent collecting it. That
seems like a terrible waste to me. Flat sales taxes anyone?
Chris
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