How much does the US spend on poverty and helping the poor each year?

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How much does the US spend on poverty and helping the poor each year?

Any websites with statistics or numbers?
Anybody know how much the world gives?

2006-11-20 10:14:07 · 2 answers · asked by Lottery 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics

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Far less than they spend on election campaigns, space programs, advertising and warmongering. The US government website has actual statistics. In Canada, we have a source called Statscan and you would have a comparable site.

2006-11-20 10:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by Wifeforlife 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋

It's roughly half the GNP.

2006-11-20 18:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋