y***r
发帖数: 16594 | 1 food stamp每年才花多少钱呀？80B吧。大概军费的10%吧。
天天盯住这点钱，能解决问题吗？就算food stamp再加 1 倍，涨到 160B，也才是军费
的 20% 呢。 | d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 2 In reality, welfare programs are costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of
dollars each year. In fiscal year 2011, total welfare costs equaled $927
billion ($717 billion from the federal government and $210 billion from
states)【 在 yyber (忍而不发) 的大作中提到: 】 | d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 3 Multiple reports of welfare abuse have hit the headlines in recent weeks,
from a million-dollar lottery winner receiving food stamps to a
Massachusetts drug dealer attempting to use welfare cash to post bail and an
Alabama nightclub advertising a “Food Stamp Friday” party.
These examples highlight the need to reform a welfare system that is
contributing to a culture of entitlement. A crucial element of reform is
tackling the ballooning costs of the welfare state, which has become the
fastest growing part of government spending.
In a hearing on Tuesday headed by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan
(R–WI), Heritage senior fellow Robert Rector discussed the major growth in
welfare costs and how to get spending under control.
First, Rector dispelled the myth that the 1996 welfare reforms ended “
welfare as we know it.” In fact, he noted, since 1996 the U.S “spends 50
percent more on means-tested cash, food and housing than it did when Bill
Clinton entered office on a promise to ‘end welfare as we know it.’”
The reforms have been significantly watered down over the last several years
, and as Rector explained on Tuesday, they touched only one of dozens of
federal welfare programs:
The public is almost totally unaware of the size and scope of government
spending on the poor. This is because Congress and the mainstream media
always discuss welfare in a fragmented, piecemeal basis. Each of the 79
programs is debated in isolation as if it were the only program affecting
the poor. This piecemeal approach to welfare spending perpetuates the myth
that spending on the poor is meager and grows little, if at all.
In reality, welfare programs are costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of
dollars each year. In fiscal year 2011, total welfare costs equaled $927
billion ($717 billion from the federal government and $210 billion from
states).
From a historical perspective, since the War on Poverty began in the 1960s,
the government has spent $19.8 trillion (inflation-adjusted) to fund a
growing list of welfare programs. As Rector points out, this is nearly three
times “the cost of all military wars in U.S. history from the
Revolutionary War through the current war in Afghanistan.”
Yet, despite current annual welfare costs already twice the amount necessary
“to lift all Americans out of poverty,” as Rector noted, President Obama
plans to increase welfare spending. Welfare costs have already grown by a
third since he came to office in 2009. And this isn’t temporary spending
due to the recession. President Obama plans to grow welfare such that by
2022 costs will reach $1.56 trillion. Based on President Obama’s plan, in
the next decade U.S. taxpayers will fork out roughly $12.7 trillion on
welfare.
To control the burgeoning costs, Rector explained that Congress must put a
cap on aggregate welfare spending. Once the current recession ends or by
2013 at the latest, welfare funding should be rolled back to pre-recession
levels (adjusted for inflation) and then allowed to grow thereafter only at
the rate of inflation. This would save U.S. taxpayers more than $2.7
trillion over 10 years. In addition to the spending cap, Congress should
tackle the causes of poverty by promoting self-reliance through work
requirements and time limits as well as efforts to strengthen marriage in
low-income communities.
Pouring more federal dollars into welfare is creating a burden on taxpayers
and promoting a system of government dependence. Reforming welfare by
getting costs under control and promoting personal responsibility is an
approach that not only respects American taxpayers but also benefits
individuals in need.
【在 y***r 的大作中提到】
: food stamp每年才花多少钱呀？80B吧。大概军费的10%吧。
: 天天盯住这点钱，能解决问题吗？就算food stamp再加 1 倍，涨到 160B，也才是军费
: 的 20% 呢。
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