[L/G/altru] Between 1968 and 2004, total inflation-adjusted federal, state, and local government spending on means-tested welfare rose from an annual average of $442 for every person in the U.S. To $1,989. In 2012, 135 million people or 40% of the non-institutionalized population were eligible for benefits from at least one of the nine major federal needs-tested welfare programs (excluding Medicaid). Per the Congressional Research Service. An estimated 106 million persons (1 in 3 persons in the population) actually received benefits from one of these programs in 2012. Between 1994 to 2015, the portion of the U.S. population who lived in households where at least one person received any form of means-tested federal welfare rose from 27% to 36%. Report: Cash and Noncash Benefits for Persons with Limited Income: Eligibility Rules, Recipient and Expenditure Data, FY2002\'962004. By Karen Spar. Congressional Research Service, March 2006. "https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc813263/m2/1/high_res_d/RL33340_2006Mar27.pdf" digital.library.unt.edu Report: Need-Tested Benefits: Estimated Eligibility and Benefit Receipt by Families and Individuals. By Gene Falk, Alison Mitchell, and others. Congressional Research Service, December 2015. "https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44327.pdf" fas.org
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