Oh, there's no question there. But just like every big government program, the money never gets to those who really need it.
Reagan proved in his "Up from Dependency" report that at that time, we could have dismantled the welfare system and sent a check for $18,000 to every single family under the poverty level.
And a lot of that N.O. money that didn't go to waste or fraud went to rebuild the tourist areas.
They say you get what you pay for....and we pay all this tax money to the govt and what do we get? Squat.