Where can you learn about the history of federal entitlement programs?

You can learn about the history of federal entitlement programs on websites devoted to the subject, on websites of individual programs and in books such as “Budgeting Entitlements: The Politics of Food Stamps” by Ronald King. USGovernmentSpending,com examines the history of entitlements from a spending perspective from 1900 to 2020.

You can also learn about the history of federal entitlement programs on the websites of individual programs, such as SSA.gov, which contains a detailed and thorough history of the Social Security program from its inception in 1935 to 2005.

There are also several books that examine the history of federal entitlement programs. In “Budgeting Entitlements: The Politics of Food Stamps,” Ronald King not only examines the Food Stamp program in depth but also explores the role the budgeting process for entitlement programs plays in the development of government policy.