More Than Half of Immigrants on Public Assistance

[longknife]

As opposed to 30% of native-born.



As Milton Friedman used to say, you can have a generous welfare state, or you can have high rates of unskilled immigration, but you can’t have both for very long.



Read the stats @ More Than Half of Immigrants on Public Assistance

 

[Moonglow]

and they get relocation funds, hell, if I move I get the full bill...what makes them so special? oh yeah, corporate interest.....

 

[waltky]

Top 10 States That Rely Most on Federal Aid...

Top 10 States That Rely Most on Federal Aid
January 6, 2016 – A new report by the Tax Foundation shows what percentage of each state’s revenue comes from the federal government through federal grants-in-aid, a sum that in total has reached $600 billion a year.

Federal grants-in-aid to state and local governments include payments for Medicaid, education funding assistance, infrastructure project support, housing grants, and other payments, according to the Tax Foundation. For fiscal year 2013, which is the latest year for complete data, the Tax Foundation found that Mississippi got 42.9% of its general revenue from the federal government, and Louisiana came in second with 41.9% of its revenue from the U.S. Treasury. The 10 states receiving the most in federal aid as a percentage of their general revenue, in order, were:

Mississippi, 42.9% federal aid as percentage of general revenue
Louisiana, 41.9%
Tennessee, 39.5%
South Dakota, 39.0%
Missouri, 38.2%
Montana, 37.4%
Georgia, 37.3%
New Mexico, 36.6%
Alabama, 36.1%
Maine, 35.3%

At the other end, the 10 states receiving the least in federal aid as a percentage of their general revenues were:

40. Illinois, 25.9%

41. New Jersey, 25.5%

42. California, 25.0%

43. Nevada, 25.0%

44. Kansas, 24.9%

45. Delaware, 24.8%

46. Connecticut, 23.4%

47. Virginia, 22.9%

48. Alaska, 22.4%

49. Hawaii, 21.5%

50. North Dakota, 19.0%

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