DD...as I said....the search for the truth of the matter....too much to handle.... but....try this chart..... it appears that welfare spending is rising....NOT declining.... http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1996_2016USb_13s1li111lcn_40t_40_Welfare_Spending_Chart and, yes...Democrats/progressives are to blame for the lack of jobs and job creation......... you used the word liberal.... I think that is different than a progressive/Democrat..... the amount of export of our industrial base is way more unamerican than keeping the jobs here... and you want to blame liberals for that? why are progresives to blame.....?? very simple......the environment for business must be provided.... do you believe that the obamacrats/progressives/democrats are currently doing that? let's see..... vilifying the rich.... vilifying wall street... forcing Obamacare upon the nation........ the constant call for taxation..... the vilification of the oil industry.... the support/ecouragement of unionism..... the above breeds uncertainty....and, uncertainty is not an environment for the creation of new business.....