Sneakylong, why not provide us with the actual $$ we save.
I can provide a general picture of the $$ we spend. These are the $$ spent by the top 10 in 2015 for welfare. The percentages have not changed a lot, but the figures for % are from a Nov 2018 study done by MSN. It is very difficult to find specific numbers so you have to look at the summaries of budgets. I suspect this is politically motivated, but I personally wanted a overall view to the topic.
In the case of CA, 72% of their non citizens were receiving welfare support. State budgets (below) represent about 26% of their welfare costs, the local government (city, county, also contribute a 20%+/- and the balance comes from the Federal gov't. What is spent by individual states and local governments has a lot of variance. CA has approx 34% of our nations welfare recipients and 12% of our nations population.
The actual cost for each state resident ranges from approx. $1,000 to $2,700. Since you live in Florida, in 2015 your state average was $1,278 per capita. I live in KY, we paid $2,441 per capita .
"2018 total US government spending on welfare â federal, state, and local â was âguesstimatedâ to be $1,091 billion, including $642 billion for Medicaid, and $449 billion in other welfare."
State budgets (2015 does not include distribution of Federal funds or local funding)
- California $103 billion
- New York $61 billion
- Texas $35 billion
- Florida $27 billion
- Pennsylvania $27 billion
- Illinois $21 billion
- Ohio $20 billion
- Massachusetts $19 billion
- New Jersey $17 billion
- Michigan $16 billion