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	Podcast:		Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal
	Episode:		Why government benefits are likely to stick around
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:27:23
	Publish Date:		2024-05-03 22:46:20
	Description:		The U.S. spends about half of its $6 trillion budget on three government entitlements: Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. When it comes to the national debt, cutting these benefits is often part of the cost-cutting conversation. In this episode, we hear how these entitlements grew to be so costly and why reducing them has been so difficult historically. Plus, the layoff that allowed one woman to focus on her small business, and the economic impact of university divestment.
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