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"$14 million had been paid out to 2,400 families. An additional $10.2 million is for operating costs"

Nice efficiency there (even ignoring the "$9.6 million for research and evaluation")

If you were under the impression that social programs for the lower class (as opposed to middle class ones like SS and Medicare) were run for the benefit of the ostensible beneficiaries, just dig up some more figures like that and do the math. Jerry Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy is also apropos.

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