Jack Lew: Architect Of Two Failed Budgets And A Campaign To Mislead The Country
Mr. Lew’s budgets, and his egregious disregard for the truth, jettisoned an urgent opportunity to achieve fiscal reform and, in so doing, placed this nation and its citizens in financial danger. These actions alone are disqualifying.
Murray’s Deficit Reduction Goal Flawed And Dangerous
Because it is central to claims made by both the Chairman and the President, this paper examines the validity of the $1.4 trillion estimate as a measure of deficit reduction and finds it deeply—indeed, dangerously—in error.
Immigration And The Welfare State
It is an explicit and unambiguous tenet in federal law that those granted entry into the U.S. must be able to support themselves financially. But the Obama Administration has aggressively defied this strict federal statute. What are new promises worth when existing law is unilaterally waived?
Federal Welfare Spending To Grow Almost 80% Over The Next 10 Years
This chart displays projected federal spending on federal welfare programs over the next ten years, based on data from the Congressional Research Service and Congressional Budget Office. These figures do not count state contributions to federal welfare programs (primarily on low-income health assistance) which brought total welfare spending in FY2011 to more than $1 trillion—dwarfing […]
The ‘Welfare Cliff’: How The Benefit Scale Discourages Work
Welfare spending is now the largest item in the budget—and will continue to grow every year. According to data from the Congressional Research Service, total spending on means-tested poverty programs in FY2011 was around $1 trillion, more than was spent on Social Security, Medicare, or defense. CRS data also reveals that spending on these programs […]
Total Welfare Spending Equates To $168 Per Day For Every Household In Poverty
Based on data from the Congressional Research Service, cumulative spending on means-tested federal welfare programs, if converted into cash, would equal $167.65 per day per household living below the poverty level. By comparison, the median household income in 2011 of $50,054 equals $137.13 per day. Additionally, spending on federal welfare benefits, if converted into cash […]
Under Obama, Food Stamp Growth 75 Times Greater Than Job Creation
The employment rolls have thus grown by 0.15 percent and the food stamp rolls have grown by 46 percent, meaning that for every one American who found a job, 75 Americans signed up for food stamps.
Economic Growth In 2012 Only One-Third What President Said His Policies Would Deliver
Soon after he took office, President Obama’s Office of Management and Budget projected that annual growth in 2012 would be a robust 4.6%—nearly three full percentage points higher than what the nation is now experiencing.
CRS Report: Welfare Spending The Largest Item In The Federal Budget
Ranking Member Sessions and the minority staff of the Senate Budget Committee requested from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) an overview of cumulative means-tested federal welfare spending in the United States in the most recent year for which data is available (fiscal year 2011). The results are staggering. CRS identified 83 overlapping federal welfare […]
Serial Deception: White House Spending Claim Off By $6 Trillion
“The difference in spending between what the White House alleges (a $4.5 trillion spending cut) and what it proposes (a $1.4 trillion spending increase) is a staggering $5.9 trillion. That’s almost a $6 trillion swing based on fraudulent accounting.”