GUS LUBIN: SEE THESE CHARTS SHOWING THE RISE OF GOVERNMENT DEPENDENCE**** ROMNEY IS RIGHT!!!
18 Charts Showing The Rise Of Government Dependence
Mitt Romney’s comment about 47 percent of Americans living on government handouts may not have been tactful, but he certainly has a point.Americans are more dependent on the government than ever.
Romney’s “47 percent” refers approximately to the population who pay no federal income tax. Add to this the share of the country who receive government handouts in one form or another and that number would be higher still.
We’ve collected a series of charts published recently by conservative think tank Heritage on the rise of government dependence,
THIS is what Romney was talking about
www.taxpolicycenter.org and AP
The trend has been getting more extreme for years
Heritage and en.wikipedia.org
Source: Heritage
It’s eating the budget.
Heritage and en.wikipedia.org
Source: Heritage
It’s out of control!
Source: Heritage
Thanks to new legislation …
Source: Heritage
It’s driving the economy.
Heritage and en.wikipedia.org
Source: Heritage
And that’s not even counting government workers …
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