PROVOCATIVO, PERO LAS MATEMÁTICAS NO ENGAÑAN:

According to a Cato Institute study [7] published last year, the combined expenditures for federal and state governments directed to means-tested public assistance — “welfare” — is approximately $1 trillion (yes, with a “T”) a year.*

There are approximately 48 million people in the U.S. with incomes at the poverty level or below.

The application of advanced mathematics — long division, and I did it in my head thank you very much — tells us that’s about $21,000 per person per year. Obviously, that’s $84,000 for a family of four.

That’s got a problem, though. According to the 2013 Federal Poverty Guidelines [8], the poverty level for a family of four is $23,950. The total of $84,000 is roughly 380 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.

Obviously, there’s no poverty left in America.

Unless, of course, that money isn’t actually being spent on the poor people at all. I wonder where it goes?

Son los ultraliberalessalvajes de EEUU que dejan a los pobres que se pudran sin medios, dicho sea de paso. Un billón de dólares al añogastado por las distintas administraciones (federal, estatal, condados, ayuntamientos).

*Eso en español sería un billón