Opinion | Welfare Is What's Eating the Budget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Since its inception, Social Security has produced cash surpluses 60% of the time.
54% : The real driver, the elephant in the room, is means-tested social-welfare spending -- Medicaid, food stamps, refundable tax credits, Supplemental Security Income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, federal housing subsidies and almost 100 other programs whose eligibility is limited to those below an income threshold.
52% : Means-tested programs, not Medicare and Social Security, are behind today's massive debt.
52% : Ask any budget expert in Washington to explain the ballooning deficit and debt, and Social Security and Medicare will be high on the list of causes.
25% : True, Social Security and Medicare are a drain on general revenue and will become big fiscal problems if not reformed.

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