| thx1139 said: People always believe we spend more on Welfare (Well there is no actual budget line item called Welfare) then we actually do. This is also the case with aid to foreign countries. In 2010 4.375M people in the US received "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families". The amount budgeted in 2010 was $17.5B. 2010 Spending on Defense was $850B. For an FYI Defense spending in 2000 was $359B and TANF spending was $15.5B. So in 10 years Defense Spending has more than doubled and even though this has been one of the worst 10 year periods in job creation and income growth TANF funding went up just about 13% and $500M of that is from the stimulus program which has come to an end.
Oh and at any given month there are about 2 million people receiving TANF in the US. That comes out to on average about $700 per month they receive. |
Uh... any reason your not counting Medicaid or Unemployment or any of the other welfare programs under Welfare? Or the Departman of Housing and Urban development... or plenty of other stuff.
Well other then the fact that it would add up to well over the Department of Defense.
