Budget Staff Working Papers: A Growing Culture of Government Dependency
April 08, 2023
April 08, 2023
WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release:
Growing Government Spending on Transfer Payments (Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, and other programs)
* The federal government spent a total of $4.1 trillion on transfer payments to individuals in FY 2022.
- This was 65 percent of the entire budget, absorbed 83 percent o . . .
Growing Government Spending on Transfer Payments (Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, and other programs)
* The federal government spent a total of $4.1 trillion on transfer payments to individuals in FY 2022.
- This was 65 percent of the entire budget, absorbed 83 percent o . . .