<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Random Critical Analysis]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://randomcriticalanalysis.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[rcafdm]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://randomcriticalanalysis.wordpress.com/author/rcafdm/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Smaller welfare state?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Someone recently told me that welfare programs are smaller than they&#8217;ve ever been.</p>
<p>Here is some actual data from the Whitehouse&#8217;s Office of Management and Budget (OMB): <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals" target="_blank">See table 3.1 &#8211; Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940–2017</a></p>
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