Yet even as our economy has experienced broad based growth, real federal welfare spending has soared by what do you think the number is? I'm going to guess 70%, 765%. More than twice as fast as total Federal welfare spending now costs $1.4 trillion annually. Were that were that money simply to be doled out Evenly to the 19.8 million families the government defines as poor. Each household. (29:05–29:15)
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Asserts that current federal welfare spending is $1.4 trillion per year.
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