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Anyway, I'm glad someone referenced the Congressional Budget Office.
Over the 1972–2011 period, spending on SNAP
increased from $9 billion (0.2 percent of GDP) to
$79 billion
And:
Federal spending on those means-tested programs and tax
credits totaled $588 billion in 2012.
The programs are:
—Medicaid
--The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;
child nutrition programs, including the National
School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast
Program; a collection of housing assistance programs,
including assistance authorized under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937; and the Federal
Pell Grant Program
--The refundable portions of the earned income tax
credit and the child tax credit; Supplemental Security
Income; and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(as well as its predecessor, Aid to Families with
Dependent Children)
CBO reports are fun, aren't they?
https://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/43934-Means-TestedPrograms.pdf
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