This study could be summarized as "the poorest 20% of USA residents have as much money spent addressing their poverty as the average citizen of a European country".
But once you pick through the details you realize they are looking at expenditure , not outcomes.
Considering this, and given the gross corruption and inefficiency of US welfare, most notably healthcare, it might be more accurate to say that "The poorest 20% of USA residents have as much money wasted on a farcical attempt to support them ..."
But once you pick through the details you realize they are looking at expenditure , not outcomes.
Considering this, and given the gross corruption and inefficiency of US welfare, most notably healthcare, it might be more accurate to say that "The poorest 20% of USA residents have as much money wasted on a farcical attempt to support them ..."