Have you ever wondered what the state spends the most on welfare?
I'm gonna let you know right now. What is going on everyone?
Welcome back the world according to Briggs
let's take a look at the welfare system and how much is spent on it welfare
isn't what most people think it isn't a system where money is given
out to people that are too lazy to work don't get me wrong not saying there
aren't people gaming the system and doing just that there's a lot of
them it's a flaw in the system that needs to be fixed
it's fraud in my opinion public welfare includes cash assistance paid to needy
persons through a variety of different programs now
i'm a firm believer in these programs sometimes people need a little help
that's just a fact of life that's what these programs are
supposed to do give you a little help for a little while not to live off of it
in the us we spend more than 600 billion on public
assistance annually that's according to the u.s
census bureau's 2018 annual survey of state and local
governments finances this list is about the state spending
the most per capita keep in mind we are ranking the public
welfare per capita spending not the total amount spent per welfare
recipient you may look at the number i give and think
well that's not much annually just keep in mind 80
of the state's residents don't get any benefits this is just like maybe
10 to 20 of the population are receiving benefits so
kind of a weird number but you get it as we go along alright let's see what we
got number 10 kentucky kentucky has been
broke for many years they have some incredibly beautiful towns they just
have a whole bunch of bad neighborhoods in the city and far too many people in
rural areas that aren't able to make ends meet this of course gives you a
high poverty rate the poverty rate in kentucky is 16.7
the national average is 11.8 currently now if you watch this year from now
because the pandemic when next year's numbers come out it might be a lot
higher but right now it's 16.7 percent in kentucky and 11.8
nationally the welfare spending per capita is 2517.
the total public welfare expenditure in kentucky is 11.2
billion dollars number nine oregon who didn't see this one coming
oregon has a high cost of living and a homeless problem
that they dump millions and millions of dollars into every single year now i'm
not slamming the homeless they are fellow americans that have been
dealt an incredibly crappy hand and we have to try and get them back on
their feet when we can some of them as you know if you know anything about
the homeless are just kind of beyond help at some point
oregon is a very desirable place to live maybe
a little less than a couple years back but it has been a move to hotspot for a
very long time this created a lot of extra problems we didn't already have
like housing shortage affordable housing shortage and a high cost living
all of the problems here in portland and in some of our rural communities gets us
on this list welfare spending per capita is 2520
total public welfare expenditure is 10.4 billion dollars
number eight maine maine is one of the states that spend the most on welfare
per capita however it's among the top 15 states
with the lowest total public welfare expenditure
that is because they don't have many people 1.3 million in the whole state
there's neighborhoods in new york that have more than that they do have one of
the oldest populations in the country and this leads to a lot of older folks
needing little help and that's fine it's what these programs were designed for
i was a little alarmed though when i read how much viagra was being
prescribed in maine and then you factor in that it's an older crop what
is going on in maine that they need that much viagra
welfare spending per capita is 2 530 the total public welfare expenditure is
3.3 billion dollars in maine number seven
delaware delaware is the first state if you ever visit wilmington delaware
you'll see the first city of suckage yeah i'll show myself out most of the
people in delaware live in wilmington this is not a great city by any stretch
of the imagination it is wrecked with crime and poverty
it's funny how those two always go together crime and poverty
it's never like crime and prosperity you know i mean unless
you're a very successful criminal then yeah maybe but still
moving on the per capita spending in delaware is among the highest but the
state's total welfare expenditure is the seventh lowest in the nation the welfare
spending per capita is two thousand five hundred and forty four dollars
in delaware the total public welfare expenditure is two point
four five billion dollars yeah that's not bad when you consider
you know how much they're spending per capita
number six new mexico it's not a surprise that new mexico is one of the
states that spends the most on welfare it has the third highest poverty rate in
the nation at 18.2 percent that believe it or not folks is an
improvement they had the highest poverty rate
a few years back when they took the top spot from mississippi in the early 2010s
this is also not a great state to have any money in
because they have a high property crime rate and if you buy anything
someone's eventually gonna take it from your porch or your backyard or
whatever welfare spending per capita in new mexico
is two thousand seven hundred and forty one dollars
the total public welfare expenditure is 5.72 billion
number five minnesota the gopher state has about six million residents and they
have been in the news a lot in the last few months
and not for good stuff either i was just there in july it was nice nice weather
nice scenery a little person gave me the finger on a bridge
you know a good time minnesota is a good sized state with one major city
minneapolis stop typing madison is a nice city
it's just not a big city most of the welfare dollars land in minneapolis
as you probably already figured out minnesota is among the top five states
that spend the most on welfare per capita
that's obvious because they're number five on this list but it's among the top
15 highest in total public welfare
expenditure so yeah it's another one those that's kind of weird
the welfare spending per capita in minnesota is two thousand
eight hundred and five dollars and the total public welfare expenditure
is 15.6 billion dollars number four vermont i bet nobody saw
this one coming i mean with a world-class bed and breakfast
scene vermont has how could anyone be out of a job i just don't understand
it's just one of those things i don't understand sort of like the c
and the ce on a calculator i don't know what's
going on there if you're down on your luck and need some help vermont is
probably one of the best states to help although vermont's welfare spending per
capita is high its total welfare spending is very low
and as we've already learned that has a lot to do with its low population
the welfare spending per capita in vermont is 2
842 and the total public welfare expenditure is 1.7 billion
yeah not terrible on the overall thing but
they're on the list number three massachusetts the amount of people
living in poverty is actually below the national
average in massachusetts it's only 10.1 percent that's not bad but they still
make it on this list in part because they have such a high
cost living and pretty much their two major cities boston and hartford
this causes a lot of struggling to get by and some people end up on the streets
how many of you started typing out an angry message already
because i said hartford was in massachusetts it's not it's in
connecticut love doing that to people boston and
springfield is where 90 of those welfare dollars end up it's
expensive to live in both those cities but boston is crazy
expensive welfare spending per capita is two
thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars and the total public welfare expenditure
is nineteen point nine billion dollars yeah that's a lot of money
number two alaska at number two we have the frontier state alaska
this state is weird in so many ways i can't stop to tell you about them
because that would be a four hour video let's
just stick with the weirdness that applies to this video
alaska is the largest state by area but they're the 48th by population
that's kind of weird there's a lot of open land in this state and there's also
a lot of people that need help making ends meet they also get a check
every year just for being a resident of the state yeah it's kind of weird it's
not a welfare thing it's basically mineral royalties they get a
cut of because alaska is one of the least populous states its total public
welfare spending is the sixth lowest in the nation even
though their spending per capita is the second highest welfare spending
per capita in alaska is 3 thousand and twenty
dollars the total public welfare expenditure is
2.2 billion dollars and number one new york
this one should be no surprise to anyone that's lived in or around new york state
or new york city for that matter the cost of living in new york city is
crazy there's no government program that can help you survive the cost of
living in new york city other than the state lottery
it's not just new york city have any of you been to buffalo in the last decade
buffalo's starting to be brought up in the same conversations with detroit and
st louis that's not great company this entire state seems to need a little help
that's part of the reason this state's having a major
exodus right now people are flooding out of new york state california they have
it bad too but california still has more people coming
in new york city is running a hard deficit considering the fact that
residents need to make over a hundred thousand dollars to live
comfortably in new york city it's no surprise that the state's public
welfare expenditure is so high new york city has the fifth highest cost
living in the country the welfare spending per capita is 3 310
and the total public welfare expenditure is 19.9
billion dollars that's a lot of money going out to keep
people fed and taken care of and rent paid and all that other stuff that goes
in this thing now like i said at the beginning i'm not
hating on anyone for any situation they're in i'm just giving you the
numbers here of each one of these states people need a little help and there's no
shame in that happens to a lot of people
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