๐จ๐บ๐ธ Trump says welfare is at its lowest levels in many decades.
In some areas he's not wrong at all. SNAP participation just hit a 17-year low, and welfare spending as % of GDP is near multi-decade lows after the pandemic drop.
However, Medicaid, the single largest means-tested welfare program has grown to record-high spending levels, costing taxpayers nearly a trillion.
So yes, its down but you have to ignore the really expensive halfโฆ
Writer: Bri