“… But none of you are hanging bureaucrats from lamp posts. All you do is whine about Ukraine.”
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Wow! IMHO, Ukraine is BY FAR the biggest parasite currently draining the lifeblood of America.
You’re kidding, right?
You have to be. Nobody could be so innumerate.
US budget - https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59727 - $6.1 Trillion.
Add, states, including mandatory spending (per US law, or regulation, or federal courts) - thats another 2.7 Trillion - of which Cato estimated, many yesrs ago, at least $500 Billion are unfunded federal mandates - https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/total-state-spending/
Add, unfunded mandates to private parties, as required by law, regulation or federal courts - This has to run a couple of $Trillion at least, as overall economic overhead. Much of this spending is required compliance costs paid to various private parties with government connections - I have been in this sort of mess and seen this firsthand.
Now, with all these $Trillions sloshing around, how on earth is @$60 Billion a year “the biggest parasite”?