How much does your state spend on welfare? New Jersey spends 22 percent
By Jason Russell | February 12, 2015 | 12:29 pm
Wyoming spends the smallest portion of its budget on welfare programs, according to fiscal year 2013 data released by the Census Bureau. About 13 percent of Wyoming’s budget goes to welfare, with education getting 30 percent of the budget, and the rest going to other various government functions.
On the other hand, Tennessee spends the highest portion of its budget on welfare, at 36 percent. Tennessee spends slightly less on education with 32 percent of its budget dedicated to schools, and the rest going to other functions, especially highways.
Nationwide, state governments collectively spend $2 trillion, with $520 billion of that going toward welfare programs, or just under 26 percent. Education is the highest category of state government spending, with 30 percent of state government spending nationwide.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-much-does-your-state-spend-on-welfare/article/2560160
Dam union thugs.
Okay, stupid comment in anonymity- look at the map- lotta red states spending as much or more thanks to the generosity of states like NJ that pays the bills for a whole lot of other states. And it should be “damned unions”…
Gotta pay for those votes from undocumented democrats
May want to loolk at this…. https://blog.chron.com/goplifer/2013/09/how-the-gop-is-winning-among-the-poor/
Does that 22% include the Transportation Trust Fund welfare, too ? https://watchdog.org/199387/new-jersey-expensive-roads/
Does that 22% include the money we pay retired public sector workers to sit at home in their fifties and sixties ? https://watchdog.org/200210/nj-100k-pensions-double/