http://www.ruthmunson.com/blog/2010/02/necessity-mother-of-invention/ A chronicle about transparent government, new media, empowered voters, a little bit of politics, and the personal side of my run for the Illinois House of Representatives by Ruth Munson. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:36:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ruthmunson.com/blog/2010/02/necessity-mother-of-invention/comment-page-1/#comment-8 florida claims adjuster Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:41:58 +0000 http://www.ruthmunson.com/blog/?p=294#comment-8 The main culprits that are driving government spending up are health programs. By Obama's own budget tables, health programs took up only 0.4% of GDP in 1962 and always has grown every year until it takes up 6% of the GDP in FY2009 coming to almost $852.9 billion and expected to go over $1 trillion in FY2013. For the government to truly deal with the deficit and the real problem, the debt, they need to face down the sacred cows of Medicare/Medicaid. In addition to these, they need to also deal with Social Security. A failure to do so will cause the next foreseeable economic armageddon when the bulk of the baby boomers retire. The main culprits that are driving government spending up are health programs. By Obama’s own budget tables, health programs took up only 0.4% of GDP in 1962 and always has grown every year until it takes up 6% of the GDP in FY2009 coming to almost $852.9 billion and expected to go over $1 trillion in FY2013. For the government to truly deal with the deficit and the real problem, the debt, they need to face down the sacred cows of Medicare/Medicaid. In addition to these, they need to also deal with Social Security. A failure to do so will cause the next foreseeable economic armageddon when the bulk of the baby boomers retire.

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