http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/ove ... 57889.html
New data compiled by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee shows that, last year, the United States spent over $60,000 to support welfare programs per each household that is in poverty. The calculations are based on data from the Census, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Congressional Research Services.
"According to the Census’s American Community Survey, the number of households with incomes below the poverty line in 2011 was 16,807,795," the Senate Budget Committee notes. "If you divide total federal and state spending by the number of households with incomes below the poverty line, the average spending per household in poverty was $61,194 in 2011
A lot of overhead in welfare programs and a lot of pork handed out to companies that provide services. Hickenlooper announced as mayor some new housing and it was more expensive per unit than luxury townhomes in the same neighborhood. Have to think that contractor had made some key political donations to win that bid.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
