Americans Got $2T in Benefits from FedGov in 2013

[Alan C.]

Americans Got $2 Trillion in Benefits from Federal Government in 2013

 

Most of the benefits doled out from the total of $2 trillion, or 69.7 percent, came from non-means tested government programs that, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, provide benefits to recipients who qualify regardless of income.These non-means tested government programs include Medicare, Social Security, railroad retirement, unemployment compensation, workers’ compensation, Veterans’ compensation and Veterans’ educational assistance. In fiscal year 2013, Americans received $1,399,253,000,000 in benefits from these programs. The two programs which contributed most to this total were Social Security, totaling $663,216,000,000 and Medicare, totaling $589,655,000,000 for a combined total of $1,252,871,000,000.Means-tested government programs, which require income to be below a certain level to be eligible for receipt, contributed to 30.3 percent of the total amount in benefits.Such government programs include public or subsidized rental housing, Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI), food stamps, otherwise known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Women, Infants and Children (WIC), free and reduced lunch programs, Pell Grants, refundable tax credits and Medicaid.These programs totaled $608,358,200,000 in fiscal year 2013.According to the treasury statement, the federal government totaled $3,454,253,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2013. This number encompasses all government spending, including things like defense, highway and transportation costs, public education, immigration services and government worker salaries, to name a few.This means that benefits, totaling $2,007,611,200,000, amounted to 58.1 percent of the total spending.

 

Federal Debt Up $7T Under Obama

[Alan C.]

Food Stamp Enrollments Never Drop Below 45M for 3 Consecutive Years

 

The Obama recovery is in full swing.

[fractional slacker]

Benefits? Imagine what the mafia could do for their reputation with 12 years of propaganda.