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Spending on means-tested programs and tax credits for low-income households has grown in the past 40 years because of increases in the number of program participants and growth in spending per participant.
Testimony by Jeffrey Kling, Associate Director for Economic Analysis, before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
This testimony reprises the summary and figures from a February 2013 CBO report on the same topic.