[anoldafvet]

It’s more like SIX TRILLION.

[kcvl]

$15 trillion has been spent on the war on poverty

A policy analysis released by the Cato Institute in April shows that despite nearly $15 trillion in total welfare spending since President Lyndon Johnson began the “war on poverty” in 1964, the poverty rate in the United States has remained relatively constant.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765589187/Study-15-trillion-in-welfare-spending-has-had-little-impact-since-1964.html?pg=all#DSAG1TSDkGyiBfmW.99