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Does running the welfare system actually cost a lot? Last time somebody claimed that about US social security another person responded with data showing that it
by jules 11y ago
Does running the welfare system actually cost a lot? Last time somebody claimed that about US social security another person responded with data showing that it's less than 1% overhead.
- PavlovsCat 11y agohttp://thinkbynumbers.org/government-spending/corporate-welfare/corporate-welfare-statistics-vs-social-welfare-statistics/ http://thinkbynumbers.org/government-spending/corporate-welf... > The final totals are $59 billion, 3 percent of the total federal budget, for regular welfare and $92 billion, 5 percent of the total federal budget, for corporations. (from 2006)
- maxerickson 11y agoGp is talking about the costs of administrating the programs, your numbers are the total costs.
- adventured 11y agoEven though that's not the admin costs in question, those numbers are drastically far off from the actual welfare system costs. In 2012, the US Govt. spent $80 billion just on the SNAP (food stamps) program alone. A total of over $100 billion went to welfare food programs.