Ten Welfare Programs to Cost $8.3 Trillion Over Next 10 Years

By Daniel Halper
Published October 18, 2012 7:11pm ET
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Ten Welfare Programs to Cost $8.3 Trillion Over Next 10 Years
A report from the Congressional Research Service released today finds that welfare spending is now the largest federal budget item. Presently, the federal government spends $745.84 billion to support 83 of these welfare programs. The costs are astronomically high–and they are likely only to continue to rise. According to the data from the Congressional Research Services, over the […]

A report from the Congressional Research Service released today finds that welfare spending is now the largest federal budget item. Presently, the federal government spends $745.84 billion to support 83 of these welfare programs.

The costs are astronomically high–and they are likely only to continue to rise.

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