> That's $32,500 of spending for each of the 40 million Americans who live "in poverty"
My understanding is that the amount of money spent on people in poverty isn't the problem. The problem is that it's spent so inefficiently due to an insistence from certain parts of the electorate on not making things "too easy" for such people. It would probably actually be cheaper to have european-style welfare state, provide housing for the homeless, etc.
See also: the US spending many times what other countries spend on healthcare without actually getting better care.
My understanding is that the amount of money spent on people in poverty isn't the problem. The problem is that it's spent so inefficiently due to an insistence from certain parts of the electorate on not making things "too easy" for such people. It would probably actually be cheaper to have european-style welfare state, provide housing for the homeless, etc.
See also: the US spending many times what other countries spend on healthcare without actually getting better care.