One of every six federal dollars goes to programs for poor

[lonewolf]

One of every six federal dollars goes to programs for poor


Ten federal programs that mostly benefit the poor have exploded in cost – up more than 1000 percent since 1972.
The support services provided by these programs cost taxpayers $55 billion back in 1972. In 2012, they cost $588 billion—one-sixth of all federal spending. They include Medicaid, which cost $251 billion in 2012; the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (a/k/a food stamps), $80 billion; and Supplemental Security Income for the disabled poor, at $50 billion.
Most of these programs are “means-tested,” meaning beneficiaries can’t exceed certain income limits. But some serve a broad mix of Americans, like the Pell Grant program for college students, costing $34 billion.
Check out our infographic for more on the rising cost of these social programs. See “What Do Others Say?” for more views, then add to the discussion below. What do you think of these programs? Should we be trying to get their costs under control?



http://www.facethefactsusa.org/facts...programs-poor/

Sources:

• Congressional Budget Office: "Growth in Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits for Low-Income Households"

[kia027]

and the second and third and fourth dollar to the military

[evanovitch]

and the second and third and fourth dollar to the military

curiously, i watched the upscale neighbourhoods depicted in a new's report last night...down in N.O. they got money to raise dem houses n do odda preventative measures.....no work done but money done......of course Ward 9 n the other poor neighbourhoods still juss deh deh....so is it federal aid wen working people get a handout?????? n pon top of it no use di money, much less dem seh how many billions missing

[Tuff Gong]

That is why we should work to eliminate poverty.

[blugiant]

One of every six federal dollars goes to programs for poor


Ten federal programs that mostly benefit the poor have exploded in cost – up more than 1000 percent since 1972.
The support services provided by these programs cost taxpayers $55 billion back in 1972. In 2012, they cost $588 billion—one-sixth of all federal spending. They include Medicaid, which cost $251 billion in 2012; the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (a/k/a food stamps), $80 billion; and Supplemental Security Income for the disabled poor, at $50 billion.
Most of these programs are “means-tested,” meaning beneficiaries can’t exceed certain income limits. But some serve a broad mix of Americans, like the Pell Grant program for college students, costing $34 billion.
Check out our infographic for more on the rising cost of these social programs. See “What Do Others Say?” for more views, then add to the discussion below. What do you think of these programs? Should we be trying to get their costs under control?



http://www.facethefactsusa.org/facts...programs-poor/




Sources:

• Congressional Budget Office: "Growth in Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits for Low-Income Households"

mii awlway tink medicaid ann medicare ting ar taken out aff peeps paycheck

de so called canservative argument ar joke imagine dem tekk social securitee out aff peeps paycheck to fund ann cover awl da cost ann fram reagan start de trend fe borrow fram itt fe close fed deficit dem chatt nunsense bout oww itt part aff de guv debt