Maybe Gene Nichols wasn't aware that federal, state and local governments have spent about $15 trillion - with a tr - fighting "the war on poverty" since 1964. I guess poverty won.
Indeed, federal welfare spending alone totals more than $14,848 for every poor man,woman, and child in this country. For a typical poor family of three, that amounts tomore than $44,500. Combined with state andlocal spending, government spends $20,610for every poor person in America, or $61,830per poor family of three.
Does that include SS and Medicare expenditures? These are not targeted to the poor. Rich and poor collect these monies. Separate out the money spent on the poor and you find it isn't that much.
Posted by: Jon | June 04, 2012 at 01:41 PM