United Welfare State of America: US Now Spends Over $1 Trillion on Welfare

By Rachel Pulaski On Thursday, the Senate Budget Committee released a startling welfare spending report based on a new Congressional Research Study.  According to the report in 2011 the United States spent $1.028 trillion dollars on welfare, which is more than the states and federal government spent on Social Security, Non-Military Defense or Medicare.   The federal spending on welfare entitlements now accounts for one fifth of the federal budget and consumes over 5% of the GDP.