Government efficiency

[armedandsafe]

http://www.statisticbrain.com/welfare-statistics/

Source: US Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, CATO Institute
Date Verified: 10.15.2012

Welfare is the organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged groups. Aid could include general Welfare payments, health care through Medicaid, food stamps, special payments for pregnant women and young mothers, and federal and state housing benefits. The Welfare system in the United States began in the 1930s, during the Great Depression. Opponents of Welfare argue that it affects work incentives.

Welfare Statistics
Total number of Americans on welfare ................................. 4,300,000
Total number of Americans on food stamps................................ 46,700,000
Total number of Americans on unemployment insurance................ 5,600,000
Percent of the US population on welfare............................................ 4.1 %
Total government spending on welfare annually
(not including food stamps or unemployment) ........... $131,900,000,000

That is $30,674.41 per person. I wonder how many would like to receive that in cash, rather than in bureaucracy?

Pops

[aa1911]

It's an oxy moron!

[stumpjumper]

Originally Posted by aa1911

It's an oxy moron!

+1