Welfare State

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/15/taxes-2013-2014-where-did-your-tax-money-go/?utm_source=Featured%2BPosts&utm_medium=FP1&utm_campaign=Top%2BNav%2BFeatured%2BPosts

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/15/taxes-2013-2014-where-did-your-tax-money-go/?utm_source=Featured%2BPosts&utm_medium=FP1&utm_campaign=Top%2BNav%2BFeatured%2BPosts

Wonder where all the money paid in taxes today goes? Straight to entitlements. Anybody think that kind of system is sustainable?

In 2013, the major entitlement programs - Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care consumed 49 percent of all federal spending. These programs, and interest on the debt, are on track to consume an even greater share of spending in future years, while the portion of federal spending dedicated to other national priorities will decline.
— The Heritage Foundation