USA Spending The one coming on January 1, 2013 is the first baby step. The next one is the killer..... Let us spend more from the bottomless barrel of imaginary money with no value. Get away from bonds and treasuries. Buy gold/silver and stocks of multinational corporations. GLD, SLV, PRPFX I suggest 20-40% of portfolio in gold/silver

Medicaid: 70.4 million enrolled in Medicaid, 22% of the population. Medicaid: 53 million enrolled, receiving $405 billion, $7,800 per person (2012) Food stamps: 46.7 million enrolled receiving $75 billion, $1,605 per recipient (2012) Food stamps: 47.6 million enrolled receiving $80 billion, $1,671 per recipient (2013) August, 2012: 8,786,049 American workers are collecting federal disability insurance under Social Security January, 2013: 8,830,026 American workers are collecting federal disability insurance under Social Security In August, 2012, In August 2012, 142,101,000 Americans were working 88 million Americans 16 years old or more are not employed in 2012. 56.3 million Americans were on Social Security in 2011. From 2012 until 2020, approximately 7,000 to 10,000 members of the war baby generation will be retiring each and every day and will want their Social Security and Medicare benefits. $114 billion constitutes two percent of bank deposits? The income tax deduction for health insurance/expenses adds up to $184 billion. The income tax deduction for home owners interest adds up to $84 billion. The corporate pension shortfall in June, 2005 was $353.7 billion In 2012, government paid Lifeline wireless subscribers totaled 269,000 at the annual cost of $1.6 billion.

2012 Debt in the United States (in billions $$)
Mortgage	$8,000
Student Loans	$956
Auto Loans	$768
Credit Cards	$674
Home Equity lines	$573
Other	$311

Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov't Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers US population: 306,804,000 One or more government benefits: 151,014,000 Medicaid: 82,457,000 (29.6%) Social security: 49,901,000 Food stamps: 49,073,000 Medicare: 46,440,000 Women, Infants and Children: 23,228,000 Supplemental Security Income: 20,223,000 Public or subsidized housing: 13,433,000 Unemployement: 5,098,000 Veterans benefits: 3,178,000 Railroad retirement: 364,000 When Obamacare is fully implemented on Jan. 1, 2014, Americans earning up to 400 percent of the poverty level will qualify for a federal subsidy to buy health insurance.

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