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salaries paid in the united states? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. wolf? thank you. an independent republican group is launching a new tv ad that takes aim at union and support for president obama and the democratic party. the spot bounces off the budget crisis in wisconsin, accusing democrats of shutting down state capitols to protect union workers. crossroads gps is spending $750,000 to air the ad on cable news channels, including right here hon cnn. the group is part of american crossroads, an organization that was a major player in electing republicans in november. a new poll finds americans are most likely to favor cutting back on programs as a way to balance the budget in their state. the gallup poll shows 65% of those surveyed support state cutbacks and 62% say it s okay to reduce the number of state workers. the survey shows americans are divided on whether to limit union bargaining power, cuts in state s workers pay and new
larry in ohio says it means those jobs need to be done by the americans that refuse to do them if they re able. otherwise we need to stop paying people not to work. now the rich make money and don t pay taxes. the poor don t make money. they get poverty credits. patsy writes i m certainly no authority, but how can social security be classified as a handout when people who draw on it are the same people who used their salary to pay into it? it s money earned but saved. the government should never have borrowed on it in the first place. technically they weren t supposed to. if left alone to earn interest, there would be more money there now. nancy in tennessee, the answer lies in increasing wages and salaries in the private sector by 35%. it boils down to jobs. americans are hurting.
as all of our viewers know, government spending is always a concern of jack cafferty. he s here and has the cafferty file. americans have become alarming dependant on handouts from uncle sam, according to a new study. government welfare programs like social security, medicare, medicare, unemployment insurance, made up 35% of all public and private wages and salaries last year. more than one-third of all the money americans earn. these findings are contained in a study of government data done by trim tabs investment research. in 2000, 21% of all wages and salaries in the united states came from social welfare programs. in 1960, 10%. one of the economists at trim tab says that we are in for some difficult times ahead unless this country can get back to at least the 26% level it had before this big recession started. and she says there s only two ways to do that, either increase
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