Social welfare cuts ultimately come with heavy price, researchers say

May 24, 2012

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(Phys.org) -- Slashing government funding for Medicaid, food stamps and other programs that serve the poor – while politically popular with some lawmakers and many conservatives – may do more harm than good to the economy and cost taxpayers more in the long run, suggests a report by researchers at the University of Illinois.

http://phys.org/news/2012-05-social-welfare-ultimately-heavy-price....

My question is," Why does it take researchers to figure this out?" Maybe if we got rid of some of these researchers we could afford to keep the programs a little longer!