The United States spends $1 trillion on welfare and medicaid, which can be reduced while still increasing welfare benefits.

“The real driver, the elephant in the room, is means-tested social welfare spending,” he wrote in the Wall Street Journal piece, co-authored with former Texas Republican Sen. Phil Gram ...

Consequences for the International Criminal Court One of the strangest arguments for raising the minimum wage has come from liberals claiming it will cut welfare spending. Many on the left argue ...

The average immigrant household consumes about $6,200 in welfare spending, 41 percent higher than the $4,400 consumed by natives. Immigrant households consume 33 percent more cash welfare ...