Over 100 Million Now Receiving Federal Welfare 2:40 PM, AUG 8, 2012 • BY DANIEL HALPER
A new chart set to be released later today by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee details a startling statistic: "Over 100 Million People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare."
"The federal government administers nearly 80 different overlapping federal means-tested welfare programs," the Senate Budget Committee notes. However, the committee states, the figures used in the chart do not include those who are only benefiting from Social Security and/or Medicare.
Food stamps and Medicaid make up a large--and growing--chunk of the more than 100 million recipients. "Among the major means tested welfare programs, since 2000 Medicaid has increased from 34 million people to 54 million in 2011 and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) from 17 million to 45 million in 2011," says the Senate Budget Committee. "Spending on food stamps alone is projected to reach $800 billion over the next decade."...............................>>>>........................>>>>.........................http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/over-100-million-now-receiving-federal-welfare_649589.html
And this only takes about what, 65% of the county budget, while in Rensselaer it takes about 80% of theirs? We're still overspending and can't afford ourselves. Time to cut the benefits for those on The Program.
And this only takes about what, 65% of the county budget, while in Rensselaer it takes about 80% of theirs? We're still overspending and can't afford ourselves. Time to cut the benefits for those on The Program.
If we ended corporate welfare it would lower our expense for individual welfare to 20% of the budget.
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