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Monday, August 30, 2010

Obama-nomics: The return of the welfare state...


Record number in government anti-poverty programs

Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand.

More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That's up at least 17% since the recession began in December 2007.


Link:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-08-30-1Asafetynet30_ST_N.htm

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