Little Bang for the Buck | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary

Little Bang for the Buck | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: "All together, the federal government spent more than $591 billion in 2009 on means-tested or anti-poverty programs, and will undoubtedly spend even more this year. That amounts to $14,849 for every poor man, woman and child in America. Given that the poverty line is just $10,830, we could have mailed every poor person in America a check big enough to lift them out of poverty — and still saved mone"