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On the recordMay 31, 2011
Since Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in 1964, Americans have spent $16 trillion on welfare at the State and Federal level.
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Isaac Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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Jim Jordan discusses the historical spending on welfare programs since 1964.

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