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Ted Cruz: “Real federal welfare spending has soared by 765%, more than…”

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Some all the way up to the top quintile. Yet even as our economy has experienced. Broad based growth, Real federal welfare spending has soared by 765%, more than twice as fast as total federal spending and now costs $1.4 trillion annually. annually. Incredible. Were that money simply to be doled out Evenly to the 19.8 million families. The government defines as poor. Each household. How much you think each household would. (29:00–29:08)

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Asserts that federal welfare spending increased by 765% and costs $1.4 trillion annually.

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