On Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 9:01:50 PM UTC-5, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 10/30/16 3:18 PM, wrote:

until it comes to their own back yard, where the "rebs" ( I refuse
to use right and left to describe Ameican politics) in particular
yell bloody murder when it is suggested perhaps a tiny morsel of
their (tax) money might go towardss some "socialist" program that
puts some of it into the hands of those who have not "worked for
it". In that way, many Americans are among the "stingiest" people in
the world. Like that ancient queen of france - "they canot afford
bread? - Them let them eat cake".

I did a really quick search out of curiosity. About 10% of
federal expenditures go to safety net programs. Tithe?
http://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/policy-basics-where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go
That doesn't include whatever the individual states do. It doesn't
include Medicaid.
Who knows how well that 10% is spent?

There is too much waste and inefficiency in a lot of government programs. I'd like to see a serious effort by government agencies to eliminate waste and fraud. I received a blood glucose meter, lancets and test strips from a diabetic supply company. The company charged Medicaid $80.00 for the meter alone. The blood glucose meter is available online for $16.00. The meter, 100 test strips and a lancing device is $21.30 on Amazon. The supply company hasn't violated any law because Medicaid has agreed to pay that price but I believe the company can charge that price because no one at the state agency handling Medicaid is paying attention to what Medicaid is being charged.. I wonder what else Medicaid is paying 5 times the retail price for? The diabetic supply company billed Medicaid $175.00 for what was sent to me. That's at least $125.00 more than I could have bought everything online for. ヽ(à²*_à²*)ノ

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