[jstalin]

Food stamp usage breaking historical pattern of going down when joblesness decreases (and at an all time high): http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/food-stamps-keep-go...

Two Charts Exposing America's Record Shadow Welfare State - Disability going up dramatically: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/two-charts-exposing-americas-r...

Oh, and I never said I support gigantic amounts of defense spending. I'm talking about dependence, not federal spending or budgeting. You've diverted what I said to another topic.

[dlokshin]

On top of that, the US Gov now accounts for ~25% of wages in this country:

http://cl.ly/2a0p1T3a1B0y1B08050g

[jbooth]

And that figure's been on a downward trend for the last several years. Take out military and it's been on a downward trend for a decade.