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Tuesday, September 20. 2016

Votes and free money

Free money, free "services," etc. More than 100 million Americans get some form of federal welfare (not to mention state and local):


Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 16:36 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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That is a low number. Guess they do not count Food Stamps as a welfare program- adds another 50 million to that 100 million number.
#1 ron snyder on 2016-09-20 17:59 (Reply)
Yes, they do include food stamps. However, they also include everyone in a household even if a single member of the household receives a benefit. So if you have Granpappy at home so you can look after him, and he receives means-tested veterans assistance (e.g. a nurse who stops by once a week), the study counts everyone in the household as a recipient.
#1.1 Zachriel on 2016-09-21 10:30 (Reply)
I dislike graphs that don't have 0 as their base point. They distort the increase or decrease.
#2 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2016-09-20 22:21 (Reply)
This is the change part of hope and change. The hope part is, hope it don't get any worse.
#3 BillH on 2016-09-21 09:47 (Reply)
I would prefer that the chart was labeled "citizens who receive some form of federal welfare". I wonder if the ratio would improve dramatically. I also think it might wake up the citizens to understand that a lot of federal largess is bestowed upon people who neither pay taxes or live here legally. It costs us about $5000 a month for every refugee family we take in and that expense goes on and on and on sometimes for generations. You might remember the Mariel boat lift of 1980. Those people escaped Cuba to seek freedom in America. Well we are still paying them welfare. In 1980 any of them who were over 62 immediately qualified for SS. How many welfare free loaders can we import before we go bankrupt?
#4 GoneWithTheWind on 2016-09-21 10:40 (Reply)

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