Welfare spending to rocket 80% in decade

'Enough to mail every household in poverty a check for 60k each year'

Published: 01/15/2013 at 10:57 PM

(WEEKLYSTANDARD) — Federal welfare spending will skyrocket 80 percent over the next decade, according to new analysis by the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee.

Here’s a chart, provided by the committee, detailing the growth in spending:

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