Some 43 MILLION Americans use food stamps!

[get_involved]

Some 43 Million Use Food Stamps - Real Time Economics - WSJ

 

[Douger]

Damned socialists !

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Damned socialists !

More like government fools Rep and Dem doing everything they can to give jobs to everyone but US citizens

 

[Douger]

I know. That's why I left in 2005.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

I know. That's why I left in 2005.

I came back in 2008, should have stayed in Asia, atleast i could have got job

 

[Douger]

I know. That's why I left in 2005.

I came back in 2008, should have stayed in Asia, atleast i could have got job

I played a bit in Cambodia but the chicks that looked at my dick with squinty eyes left me with a feeling of inferiority.
I'm in Nicaragua at the moment.Down to Costa Rica on Sunday.
In CR it's all about wallet size. I win !

 

[Mr. Anderson]

I know. That's why I left in 2005.

I came back in 2008, should have stayed in Asia, atleast i could have got job

I played a bit in Cambodia but the chicks that looked at my dick with squinty eyes left me with a feeling of inferiority.
I'm in Nicaragua at the moment.Down to Costa Rica on Sunday.
In CR it's all about wallet size. I win !

You damn capitalist pig lol

 

[Douger]

I came back in 2008, should have stayed in Asia, atleast i could have got job

I played a bit in Cambodia but the chicks that looked at my dick with squinty eyes left me with a feeling of inferiority.
I'm in Nicaragua at the moment.Down to Costa Rica on Sunday.
In CR it's all about wallet size. I win !

You damn capitalist pig lol

Hey. Somebody has to do it.
Pura Vida !

 

[Right of Neocon]

Pathetic!

 

[waltky]

Big ol' bubble in people receiving gov't. aid now...

Record number of Americans get government help
April 13, 2011: A record number of Americans are receiving food stamps.

One in six Americans is receiving help from the government, just as fiscal austerity threatens to reduce some of that aid. Soaring unemployment during The Great Recession has driven tens of millions of people to the dole. Enrollment in Medicaid and food stamp programs are at record highs, while unemployment insurance rolls remain at elevated levels. Many people depend on more than one program.

But as President Obama and lawmakers fiercely debate budget cuts to reduce the country's $14 trillion-plus debt, some of those lifelines could be at risk. House Republicans are looking to revamp and slash funding for many programs, including Medicaid and food stamps.

House budget committee leader Paul Ryan proposed a budget last week that, among other things, would convert Medicaid and food stamps into block grants -- a move that some say would reduce benefits for the needy. And on Wednesday, President Obama is expected to push back on Ryan's proposals. If House Republican plans are approved, millions of people who rely on one or more of those programs could lose access to vital services.

What's at stake

 

[Tank]

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[LibocalypseNow]

The Takers are beginning to outnumber the producers. And what happens when the Takers outnumber the producers?...A nation becomes a miserable Third World Banana Republic. Looks like that's where we're headed. It's very sad.

 

[Douger]

The Takers are beginning to outnumber the producers. And what happens when the Takers outnumber the producers?...A nation becomes a miserable Third World Banana Republic. Looks like that's where we're headed. It's very sad.

NEVER !!! It's murka for Krysakes.
LiveLeak.com - Violence in another Mc Donalds almost kills customer

 

[spectrumc01]

The Takers are beginning to outnumber the producers. And what happens when the Takers outnumber the producers?...A nation becomes a miserable Third World Banana Republic. Looks like that's where we're headed. It's very sad.

When the producers keep more of the spoils, turning workers into takers, then the newly created takers get pissed. When the newly created takers have nothing left to loose then history repeats itself. See French revolution.

 

[kiwiman127]

What a surprise!!!!
No jobs or low paying jobs or flat wages for 30 years.
Who's fault is that?

 

[DiamondDave]

What a surprise!!!!
No jobs or low paying jobs or flat wages for 30 years.
Who's fault is that?

Those who don't continue to improve their situation through learning, training, effort, and making situations for themselves

Signed
600% increased salary since 1996, 120% increased salary since 2002, and in demand for my services

 

[waltky]

Wages account for the lowest share of income — 51.0% — since the Great Depression...

Americans depend more than ever on federal aid
26 Apr.`11 - Americans depended more on government assistance in 2010 than at any other time in the nation's history, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data finds. The trend shows few signs of easing, even though the economic recovery is nearly 2 years old.

A record 18.3% of the nation's total personal income was a payment from the government for Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, unemployment benefits and other programs in 2010. Wages accounted for the lowest share of income — 51.0% — since the government began keeping track in 1929. The income data show how fragile and government-dependent the recovery is after a recession that officially ended in June 2009. The wage decline has continued this year. Wages slipped to another historic low of 50.5% of personal income in February. Another government effort — the Social Security payroll tax cut — has lifted income in 2011. The temporary tax cut puts more money in workers' pockets and counts as an income boost, even when wages stay the same.

From 1980 to 2000, government aid was roughly constant at 12.5%. The sharp increase since then — especially since the start of 2008 — reflects several changes: the expansion of health care and federal programs generally, the aging population and lingering economic problems. Total benefit payments are holding steady so far this year at a $2.3 trillion annual rate. A drop in unemployment benefits has been offset by rises in retirement and health care programs. Americans got an average of $7,427 in benefits each in 2010, up from an inflation-adjusted $4,763 in 2000 and $3,686 in 1990. The federal government pays about 90% of the benefits.

"What's frightening is the Baby Boomers haven't really started to retire," says University of Michigan economist Donald Grimes of the 77 million people born from 1946 through 1964 whose oldest wave turns 65 this year. "That's when the cost of Medicare will start to explode." Accounting for 80% of safety-net spending in 2010: Social Security, Medicare (health insurance for seniors), Medicaid (health insurance for the poor) and unemployment insurance.

Source

 

[P F Tinmore]

Fix the economy and most welfare will go away by itself.

There is no need to do anything about it.

 

[auditor0007]

Some 43 Million Use Food Stamps - Real Time Economics - WSJ

Those tax cuts aren't creating enough jobs. We need to cut taxes more.

 

[JFK_USA]

The Takers are beginning to outnumber the producers. And what happens when the Takers outnumber the producers?...A nation becomes a miserable Third World Banana Republic. Looks like that's where we're headed. It's very sad.

Thats because the producers take and then the takers need help just to survive.