but never before outside wartime has government gained so much ground. just got to stop spending. john: for most of the life of america when we grew the fastest government spent in today s dollars just a few hundred dollars per person. today, the federal government alone spends $10,000 per american. total government now eats up 40% of the economy. 40%! the political class always claims they need more. many people are hurting. help america s steelworkers. tax funding for black farmers i average 20 to 30 meetings a day people asking for something from the federal government. john: paul ryan believes government should do less. you are telling your colleagues stay out, don t do anything? yeah. in many of these cases, yes. john: that s not a popular idea around here.
the federal government alone spends $10,000 per american. total government now eats up 40% of the economy, 40% yet the mrel class always claims they need more. many people are hurting. help america s steel workers. i average 20 to 30 meetings a day in my office and 20 to 30 meetings are people asking for something from the federal government. paul ryan is an unusual congressman because he believes government should do less. you re telling your colleagues stay out. don t do anything? yeah. well, in many of these cases, yes. that s not a popular idea around here. congress listens to testimony all day and 99% comes from people asking for stuff. i propose that congress pass legislation. i propose that congress ask congress. there s a reason that people show up and beg. it does work and it does pay off. so the people who are connected get the goodies. that s right and that s
today the federal government alone spends $10,000 per american. total government now eats up 40% of the economy. 40%. yet the political class always claims they need more. many people are hurting. help america s steel workers. pass funding for black farmers now. i average 20 to 30 meetings a day in my office. and 20 to 30 meetings are people asking for something from the federal government. paul ryan is an unusual congressman because he believes government should do less. you are telling colleagues stay out, don t do anything? yeah. in many of these cases, yes. that is not a popular idea around here. congress listens to testimony all day and 99% comes from people asking for stuff. i propose that congress pass legislation. i propose that congress i ask congress. there is a reason people show up and beg. it does work and it does pay off. so the people who are connected get the goodies. that is right and that is
obama administration may be the king of all of them. take a look how dependent we have become on the federal government. how much control they now exert in each of our lives. how much of the pie have they now taken control of? are you ready for this? 60% of americans now get more in public services than they pay in taxes. the federal government spends $10,000 per american. and total government spending now eats 40% of the economy. take a look at the cost of federal government programs in 2010. here they are. education department 107 billion. medicaid 275 billion. social security, 768 billion. food programs, 98 billion. housing programs, 45, amtrak 2.5. defense, 532 billion. that doesn t include the funding for wars, justice department, 30 billion. i mean, we have become so dependent on government it would nearly be impossible to go one day without a
obama administration may be the king of all of them. take a look how dependent we have become on the federal government. how much control they now exert in each of our lives. how much of the pie have they now taken control of? are you ready for this? 60% of americans now get more in public services than they pay in taxes. the federal government spends $10,000 per american. and total government spending now eats 40% of the economy. take a look at the cost of federal government programs in 2010. here they are. education department 107 billion. medicaid 275 billion. social security, 768 billion. food programs, 98 billion. housing programs, 45, amtrak 2.5. defense, 532 billion. that doesn t include the funding for wars, justice department, 30 billion. i mean, we have become so dependent on government it would nearly be impossible to go one day without a