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How many American recieve Welfare?
Anbybody really know?
What does it cost this nation?
Anybody really know?
Yes, we are are what, in out 45th year from LBJ's Great Society to "end poverty" as we know it
I guess he was right..
Under President Obama, government will spend more on welfare in a single year than President George W. Bush spent on the war in Iraq during his entire presidency. According to the Congressional Research Service, the cost of the Iraq war through the end of the Bush Administration was around $622 billion. By contrast, annual federal and state means-tested welfare spending will reach $888 billion in FY 2010. Federal welfare spending alone will equal $697 billion in that year.
How many American recieve Welfare?
Anbybody really know?
What does it cost this nation?
Anybody really know?
When people refer to "welfare," they usually mean the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program (TANF), which provides funds to families with children while encouraging parents to find employment so they do not need the assistance long-term. TANF replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children, a New Deal program that also helped poor families but had fewer work requirements. AFDC was abolished and TANF established in 1996, under Bill Clinton's welfare reform effort.
TANF is a federal-state joint program, with the federal government providing a block grant and states spending "Maintenance of Effort" (MOE) funds, which have to amount to a set percentage of what states paid for AFDC before its abolition. The most recent data are from fiscal 2008, when the federal government spent $20.5 billion, and federal and state governments combined spent $31 billion. As a percentage of the $2.9 trillion (PDF) in federal spending in fiscal 2008, this is minuscule. Federal TANF spending made up a mere 0.7 percent of the budget.
How many American recieve Welfare?
Anbybody really know?
What does it cost this nation?
Anybody really know?
How many American recieve Welfare?
Anbybody really know?
What does it cost this nation?
Anybody really know?
Yes, we are are what, in out 45th year from LBJ's Great Society to "end poverty" as we know it
I guess he was right..
Under President Obama, government will spend more on welfare in a single year than President George W. Bush spent on the war in Iraq during his entire presidency. According to the Congressional Research Service, the cost of the Iraq war through the end of the Bush Administration was around $622 billion. By contrast, annual federal and state means-tested welfare spending will reach $888 billion in FY 2010. Federal welfare spending alone will equal $697 billion in that year.
the Heritage foundation muddles the 'means tested/ not tested' line as well as any other RW propagandist think tank Neo, with little regard to the pentagon's world wide budgetary debacles, but let's say for the sake of debate they're right
prioities my man
Americans
~OR~
Iraqi's
How many American recieve Welfare?
Anbybody really know?
What does it cost this nation?
Anybody really know?
Whatever we are doing, it must be working
it may be ridiculous Ravi....but i bet a lot of people feel the same way when they see some of our poor with some of the things mentioned......just sayin......I have to say one thing.
I grew up in a traditional conservative Republican Upper Middle Class home. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, we all drove down top the local Salvation Army and helped serve food to the poor. We always donated old clothes and household appliances and kitchenware that were still in good shape. Our neighborhood had lawn sales and did other fund raising to help the Salvation Army and other charities. We did volunteer work to help the poor in the inner city year around.
Our family believed in the words of Jesus about helping the poor and disadvantaged.
When I see posts like the posts I see on this thread that basically demonize the poor and I just shake my head. It wasn't that long ago when the GOP's values were sincere values, I don't believe regular Christian conservatives think along the lines of what has spewed out of some people here on this thread. Yeah, my family would now be considered RINOs and the such, but we have more class and more real values than many who posted on this thread that claim to be conservatives. I see human values really lacking here.
Kiwi.....my opinion of why there is so much animosity toward the poor is because there are so many people who are purposely using the system to get what they probably dont deserve....and it seems no one is going after these people or if they are,not enough is being done.....when you see a "poor" kid with 200.00 dollar Nikes on or he has an Ipod ,stuff like that kinda jades people.....there was a time when if you were poor.....you were fucking poor.....you had holes in your shoes.....hand me down clothes......you did not have a big TV, if you did it, did not work and you could not afford to get it fixed.....shit like that......the poor seem to be different today than what they were when i was growing up......the kids who were poor then did not have what the other kids had........ thats my take......
You'd be surprised at the quality of stuff that can be purchased at Goodwill. It is a little ridiculous to compare what happened during your childhood to now. We live in a disposable society and luckily for the poor a lot of disposers give to Goodwill.
America's "Poor" would be considered incredibly wealthy by most other people around the World. Yet they whine incessantly. They are afforded the time to get high,play their video games,and commit numerous crimes against fellow Americans. So i don't see what all the complaining is about. They have it pretty good. Its the hard-working American Taxpayers who deserve the sympathy & respect. They're the ones paying for it after all.
One day they're claiming the Children are Starving,then the next day they're claiming the Children are too Fat. So which is it? Are they all starving or are they all eating too much? Socialists/Progressives just can't get things straight. The poor in America would be more appreciative of Taxpayers if the Democrats weren't working 24/7 creating their Victim/Entitlement mentality. Their Entitlement attitude has become so pervasive now. Lets see,they have their nice TV's,Cars,Computers,Cell Phones,and Video Games? And that's what "Poor" in America is today? Must be nice.
The poor live as they do because we the taxpayer are forced to support them.
The poor don't worry about money.
Their EBT cards will always have money so they will always have food. Their medical bills will always be payed. (They don't worry about those either), their rent and utilities will be payed.
Three cheers for the American taxpayer.
I'd say the poor don't have to much to worry about unless they run out of other peoples money.
After traveling in numerous third world countries, I am proud that we, in America, offer food stamps, public education, libraries, medical care and cash aid for our poor.
I've been to a few third world countries also. There is no comparison of our poor vs third world poor. It's night and day.
After traveling in numerous third world countries, I am proud that we, in America, offer food stamps, public education, libraries, medical care and cash aid for our poor.
I've been to a few third world countries also. There is no comparison of our poor vs third world poor. It's night and day.
True. Some Americans want our poor to be as bad off as the poor in Third World countries. I think that's wrong.
