claim: says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."
author: jefferson smith
evidence_1: says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on  public safety, health care and education combined." — politifact oregon on ...
evidence_2: states spend more than local governments on public welfare programs. ... so  most elementary and secondary education spending is counted at the state level.  ... rising health care costs combined with an aging population will likely be a  growing .... classification of general government expenditures that we use on this  page.
evidence_3: oct 28, 2014 ... if states were still spending on corrections what they spent in the mid-1980s, ... to  spend on more productive investments or a mix of investments and tax reductions . ... rates – without harming public safety – by reclassifying low-level felonies to ....  category of spending, behind only education and health care.
evidence_4: apr 4, 2017 ... education aid and related social services were about $114 billion, or less ...  foreign aid and much, much more – accounted for the remaining 6%. ... a surge in  federal relief spending combined with a shrinking economy to ... of social  insurance, other health programs, education aid and veterans benefits.
evidence_5: in this entry we study public spending through the lens of aggregate ... started  spending more resources on social protection, education and healthcare. ...  public spending was generally volatile, particularly for countries that were more ...  total public expenditure per capita, across all levels of government, for oecd  countries.