Still waiting Wrote:
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> You guys had me convinced that there was all this
> free stuff. I've been waiting for my free stuff
> for months now, haven't seen a single free thing.
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> So I guess Fox and Friends saying over and over
> again that there's all this free stuff doesn't
> actually make it happen.
Federal welfare spending has grown by 32 percent over the past four years, fattened by President Obama’s stimulus spending and swelled by a growing number of Americans whose recession-depleted incomes now qualify them for public assistance, according to numbers released Thursday.
Federal spending on more than 80 low-income assistance programs reached $746 billion in 2011, and state spending on those programs brought the total to $1.03 trillion, according to figures from the Congressional Research Service and the Senate Budget Committee.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/18/welfare-spending-jumps-32-percent-four-years/#ixzz2E55Qb8Ri