_fred_ on Yik Yak | Follow on to government spending. This is a deeper dive into the "Income Security" category. • 🟦 Retirement • 🟩 Welfare • 🟥 Unemployment • 🟪 Disability The Retirement category has consistently accounted for ~50% of income security federal spending

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Follow on to government spending. This is a deeper dive into the "Income Security" category. • 🟦 Retirement • 🟩 Welfare • 🟥 Unemployment • 🟪 Disability The Retirement category has consistently accounted for ~50% of income security federal spending

4 upvotes, 2 comments. Yik Yak image post by _fred_ in Personal Finance. "Follow on to government spending. This is a deeper dive into the "Income Security" category.
• 🟦 Retirement
• 🟩 Welfare
• 🟥 Unemployment
• 🟪 Disability

The Retirement category has consistently accounted for ~50% of income security federal spending"

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Anonymous 17w

Here's a version of that same graph with Retirement removed

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Anonymous 17w

🟥Unemployment is trending down with spikes aligned with recessions 🩵The light blue "Other" is trending up 🟩🟪Welfare and Dissability seem roughly constant around 15% 🟩 seems to increase just before and peak just after recessions. This may be a co-incidence but also may be a good predictor. More research needed

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