'Welfare' spending topped $1 trillion in 2011

[BUC303]

Total federal and state "welfare" spending topped $1 trillion last year, marking a nearly 30 percent increase since the start of the Obama administration -- according to a new congressional report which documented spending across more than 80 benefit programs for low-income families.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...1-study-shows/

[sniper7]

hmmm...isn't that about what the deficit is?

[Ronin13]

hmmm...isn't that about what the deficit is?

Are you suggesting what I think you are...
And yes, you are correct, the deficit is about $1.2/1.3T

[merl]

http://suite101.com/article/explorin...-state-a339076

have fun

The U.S. average for Medicaid-funded births as a percentage of overall births was 40.71 percent in 2002.

[jhood001]

The U.S. average for Medicaid-funded births as a percentage of overall births was 40.71 percent in 2002.

That is friggin' depressing.

[sniper7]

The U.S. average for Medicaid-funded births as a percentage of overall births was 40.71 percent in 2002.

amazingly close to 47%...wonder if this years numbers are right at that?

[Rucker61]

amazingly close to 47%...wonder if this years numbers are right at that?

Depends on the state. Texas passed that long ago.

"In 2001, Medicaid covered 47.5 percent of all Texas births, according to a chart in the presentation. The Medicaid-funded share of births escalated to 56.5 percent in 2006, 56.3 percent in 2007 and 55.4 percent in 2008."

http://www.politifact.com/texas/stat...texas-births-/

[Jer]

Why are we talking about 2001 and 2002? Did I miss something? Isn't this 2012? What are the statistics now?

[AR_ART]

Quoting or using Foxnews as an authoritative source of information? Total "infotainment" is what it should be called....

[BUC303]

Quoting or using Foxnews as an authoritative source of information? Total "infotainment" is what it should be called....

Feel free to post you CNN or MSNBC rebuttal....