Not to poor people, it turns out.
It goes to landlords, doctors, hospitals, agribusiness, the education industry, etc.
We have 130 to 140 different anti-poverty programs. Of these, 25 are different food programs.
The federal government is spending $1 trillion a year; and states and localities spend $700 to $800 billion.
Here is a Michael Tanner C-Span video. Here is Tanner’s FREOPP study.
John C. Goodman is President of the Goodman Institute and Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute. His books include the soon-to-be-published updated edition of Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis, the widely acclaimed A Better Choice: Healthcare Solutions for America, and New Way to Care: Social Protections that Put Families First. The Wall Street Journal and National Journal, among other media, have called him the “Father of Health Savings Accounts.”
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