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Has federal government spending on means-tested welfare become a larger or smaller portion of the federal budget since 1970?
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In 1970, means-tested welfare was 5.2% of all federal government spending. Since then, it has become a larger portion of the federal budget in every decade but the 1980s, and it now stands at 17.4%.
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