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i was under the impression welfare was umbrella term for disability, unemployment insurance, food stamps, medicaid, and other stuff like that. I think rconti m

• Spooky23 8y ago
  Disability, Unemployment, Housing, and Medicaid are usually not included in a discussion about "welfare". Usually conservative types will lump everything except for unemployment together for their own purposes when talking about costs. End of the day, the reality is that states that are aggressive about these costs for idealogical reasons are most aggressive about medicaid (cost is split with state), "temporary assistance" (cash payments to individuals and familyies, shared with state). Usually states make money on disability, WIC, and food stamps. (The Feds fund administrative costs.) Opposing these things is weird, particularly since the alternatives to these programs (jail, ER visits) cost something like 5-10x more!