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Submitted by Eadamec on Thu, 09/26/2019 - 1:58pm

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The federal government spent about $2.3 trillion in 2016 on the welfare state, an amount equal to approximately 60% of all federal outlays in that year. A full $1.5 trillion of that went to the entitlement programs of Social Security & Medicare. http://j.mp/2KQ1t8J #CatoEcon
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