The estimated population of the United States was 343,050,600 as of 12:59 am on New Year’s Day, 2026. [1]
The Heritage Foundation reports that the annual expenditure for US welfare programs exceeds $1 trillion annually. [2]
The amount of fraud being reported in the current Minnesota fraud scandal varies. It has been estimated at $9 billion. [3] A number of other states have also had significant welfare fraud. [4]
According to the American way of reconning, one billion is 1,000 million. Now, please forgive me because math is probably my weakest subject, and story problems drive me nuts. The way the math comes out for me, if you distribute $9 billion evenly to every person in America, each man, woman, and child would get $26,239.
The investigations are still in progress, and $9 billion may only be the tip of the iceberg.
Please “do the math,” and crunch some numbers for yourself. See what you come up with.
We hear about millions, billions, and trillions of dollars being spent by the government all the time. We have become inured to it. The numbers lose their meaning. The purpose of this exercise is to give some sort of meaning to the average American of what $9 billion in stolen public money means. I support providing help to the poor, and that is why I vehemently oppose the abuse of those funds.
I could use $26 thousand. How about you?
By the way, please
understand that I sincerely wish everyone a Happy New Year.
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