Claim: "Over $1 trillion" was spent on anti-poverty programs in 2011, enough to "give every single poor American a check for $22,000."
Fact-check: Anti-poverty spending could give poor $22,000 checks, Rep. Paul Ryan says
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2012-12-30T00:00:00