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*** Foodstamps cut-off in Alanta Georgia, troubles coming *****
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1178573:MV8xNTk0NTIzXzI2MzU5MzE4XzY1QUY3NEJC] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1504806] [quote:Celesteel] Based upon all of the racist comments here, I see a lot of people have never bother to check the facts. It is well known the largest percentage of individuals on food stamps are 1. white, 2. live rurally, and 3. live in 'Red' states. Sort of blows Reagan's "welfare queen" caricature/construct, doesn't it? One might also note the food stamp rolls have grown exponentially since 2010 -- from approximately 26 million to 43 million recipients -- due to massive layoffs in every state, touching people of every race and socio-economic level, albeit disproportionately. Over half of the food stamp benefits go to children who would otherwise go hungry. My questions for you (if anyone cares to answer) are: 1. Why would any decent/ethical/moral person want a child to go hungry in the richest country in the world? (not to mention the country always boasting its "Christian" values -- what a joke.) and 2. Why do so many people in this country prefer mean-spirited, bigoted ideology, as opposed to hard cold facts? It seems we have a serious moral and spiritual crises on our hands folks...and it didn't happen over night. The is a well known and indisputable mathematically based phenomenon that's transpired over the past 30 years: It's called PROFITS OVER PEOPLE. Who are you going to blame for that? The working poor? The family who has lost their income and means of survival? The single mother? The child who is the victim of his/her circumstance? [/quote] 1. There are far more Whites than Blacks, 65% to 14%, but 48% of Food Stamp recipients are Black. 2. In 2009 10.8% of urbanites were on Food Stamps, 14.6% of people living in rural areas. But, 80% of the population lives in cities, so an overwhelming majority of those getting Food Stamps live in cities. 3. By pure numbers, the vast majority of people on Food Stamps live in Blue States. As with the urban v. rural question, the percentages for Red States are slightly higher on many, but the higher populations of the Blue States put lie to this myth. Case in point, Arkansas(Red) has 16.5% of population on assistance, 460,754 people. California(Blue), 9.7%, 3,185,154. Oregon(Blue), 20%, 701,725. Look at the real numbers. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/05/03/about-1-in-7-americans-receive-food-stamps/tab/interactive/ http://www.dailyyonder.com/food-stamp-use-rises-rural-and-cities/2009/12/02/2477 http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/metropolitan_planning/cps2k.cfm [/quote] acually it is 12-not 14 percent ni-i mean black. [/quote]
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