Ted Cruz: “Real federal welfare spending has soared by 765%.”

“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%. what do you think the number is? I'm going to guess 70%, 765%. More than twice as fast as total federal spending and now costs $1.4 trillion annually.” (29:05–29:15)

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