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Public safety and public choice.(National Security)
Veronique de Rugy, "What Does Homeland Security Spending Buy?" AEI Working Paper No. 107, October 29, 2004 (aei.org)
Between 2001 and 2005, the amount of federal money spent on homeland security increased by 180 percent. Total spending directed to homeland security activities will be at least $47 billion in 2005, roughly $435 per American household. AEI scholar Veronique de Rugy asks "whether America is getting the maximum level of benefit in exchange for this increase in spending."
Her research suggests that it is not: "A substantial portion of new homeland security spending is being used for grants to state and local governments, many of which appear to be applied to questionable purchases," such as $153 million for programs offering food and shelter for the poor. De Rugy also contends that "the large increase in spending appears to have occurred without risk and cost-benefit analysis, leading to a large amount of wasteful spending."
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