claim: "our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget."
author: patricia morgan
evidence_1: "we have right now, … in the state of california, 55 percent of all immigrants are  on public ... "our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our budget.".
evidence_2: in rhode island, 9 percent of workers use the state's temporary disability  insurance program ... "our welfare system now consumes 42 percent of our  budget.".
evidence_3: date range | narrow your search by date. ... the national association of state  budget officers (nasbo) estimates that in 2015, ... the remainder of state and  local spending (26 percent) went toward other functions, such as ... in 2015, 42  percent of states' direct general expenditures went toward public welfare, the  largest ...
evidence_4: the growth of welfare spending is unsustainable and will drive the united states  ... year 2011 budget request would increase total welfare spending to $953  billion—a 42 percent increase over welfare spending in fy 2008, the last full ...  for needy families (tanf) program and apply them to other federal welfare  programs.
evidence_5: feb 10, 2011 ... republican counties are the state's real welfare queens. ... when our state's  rural republicans toss around pejoratives like ... percent of the state population,  produced 42 percent of state tax revenues, yet it ... but with $4.6 billion of budget  cuts in the offing, now is exactly the time to debate these numbers.