Those who question the wisdom or effectiveness of the nation’s various welfare programs usually wind up being called hateful and uncaring by the programs’ defenders.
There is a reason for that. The programs’ defenders are making a nice living from the money going to them.
The Weekly Standard has reported that the state and federal governments spent $61,194 per household that is in poverty in 2011 on welfare programs. Does each household get $61,194 per year in benefits? One would be rather shocked to find that to be the case. After all, that would mean there is no poverty in this country as the poverty threshold is $22,350 for a family of four.
So where does the rest of the money go? One strongly suspects it goes into the pockets of those distributing the grants and benefits, who, unstrangely enough are the most vociferous defenders of these programs.