The Effects of Dependency Programs: More Harm than Help
There’s still no such thing as a free lunch, although under the Obama administration you may disagree. According to the 2012 Index of Dependence on Government, produced annually by The Heritage Foundation, they report more than 70 percent of all federal spending goes to dependency programs. And now with almost 50 percent of the population not paying federal income tax, it’s creating a fiscal firestorm.
The Heritage Foundation refers to the increases grimly as “unsustainable”.
