BrokeLoser
Diamond Member
American taxpayers INVESTING in their food sources, job creators and financial sectors is NOT the same as American taxpayers investing in ShaQuita, Guadalupe, their baby factories and weed inventory.
- Conservatives love to dwell on welfare and food stamps. They use terms like "paying people not to work" and "welfare queens" but what about the other side of welfare? Below are welfare topics conservatives never want to discuss:
Paying farmers not to grow crops: A substitute for agricultural price support programs designed to ensure that farmers could always sell their crops for enough to support themselves. This big government, socialist program has been supported by Conservative farmers for decades.
Corporate Welfare - Nike 2.3 billion, Chrysler 2.02 billion, General Motors 3.05 billion, Intel 3.87 billion, Alcoa 5.64 billion, Boeing 13.18 billion - Just a small sample of profitable companies who don't need the extra money, but happily tap the taxpayers for that extra cash every year.
Red States have more welfare recipients - The states with the most per capita recipients are 80% red. They are: New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Alabama.
Red States receive substantially more federal aid than Blue States: Despite all the Republican sniveling about welfare sucking liberals the highest federal aid recipients are: Mississippi (45.3% of the stateās general fund budget), Louisiana (44, Tennessee (41 Michigan is in the middle of the pack, ranking No. 23.
Many welfare recipients work: Over 45% of welfare recipients work at jobs, but are also eligible for welfare payments because wages for the working poor have not kept up with the cost of living.
So - The next time you hear a conservative waxing lyrical about those "welfare sucking liberals" you might enlighten them regarding the other side of welfare.
The 8 Biggest Corporate Welfare Recipients in America - Wall St. Watchdog
A report details how much taxpayer money is handed out to profitable corporations. Here are the top 8 recipients living high on the backs of the public.www.wallstwatchdog.com
Red States receive substantially more federal aid than Blue States
In an election year dominated by Republican candidates demanding that the federal government play a lesser role in our lives, itās important to note that Red States rank at the top of the list of sā¦www.politicscentral.org
ReplyQuoteRemoveWhy Does the Govt. Pay Farmers to Not Grow Crops?
Editorās Note: Robert Frank, who recently guest-blogged for several weeks here at the Business Desk with answers to some of lifeās economic ironies, once again answers questions posed by viewers. Question: Why does the government pay farmers not to grow crops? Robert Frank: Paying farmers not to...www.pbs.org
American taxpayers like ROi. How do you struggle to make such a simple distinction?
Remember, Mexifornia is home to only 12% of Americaās population yet 33% of Americas welfare recipients.