{"id":28586,"date":"2012-07-15T10:51:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T16:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/15\/do-social-entitlements-destroy-a-countrys-economic-strength.html"},"modified":"2012-07-15T10:51:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T16:51:04","slug":"do-social-entitlements-destroy-a-countrys-economic-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/15\/do-social-entitlements-destroy-a-countrys-economic-strength.html","title":{"rendered":"Do social entitlements destroy a country&#39;s economic strength?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not so one could see comparing GDP growth vs social spending as a percent of GDP. (h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105854477836714634695\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"105854477836714634695\">Jim Feig<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.theatlantic.com%2Fstatic%2Fmt%2Fassets%2Fbusiness%2FMollande.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2012\/07\/the-myth-that-entitlements-destroy-a-nations-growth-busted-in-1-chart\/259645\/'>The Myth That Entitlements Destroy a Nation&#39;s Growth, Busted in 1 Chart<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNone of Europe&#39;s seven biggest welfare states are in a death spiral. Neither are we.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/9x3WTR9qW7w' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not so one could see comparing GDP growth vs social spending as a percent of GDP. (h\/t +Jim Feig) Embedded Link The Myth That Entitlements Destroy a Nation&#39;s Growth, Busted in 1 Chart None of Europe&#39;s seven biggest welfare states are in a death spiral. Neither are we. 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