"Poor" Households Getting $168 in Welfare Per Day from Taxpayers
It's official. Taxpayers are no longer simply helping the poor, they're subsidizing the lives of welfare recipients at a better rate than their own. The Senate Budget Committee has released a report showing households living below the poverty line and receiving welfare payments are raking in the equivalent of $168 per day in benefits which come in the form of food stamps, housing, childcare, healthcare and more. The median household income in 2011 was $50,054, totaling $137.13 per day. The worst part? Welfare payments are equivalent to making $30 per hour for 40 hours a week. The median wage for non-welfare recipients is $25 per hour but because they pay taxes, unlike welfare recipients, the wage is bumped down to $21 per hour. From the report: More
Totally ridiculous! Why do we keep doing this? You have a Navy Seal die this weekend who will never get to see his family again because of his unselfish act. Then you have these moochers-sponges with their hands out -Gimme Gimme... Its absolutely sickening
Absoluetly sickening
ReplyDeleteTotally ridiculous! Why do we keep doing this? You have a Navy Seal die this weekend who will never get to see his family again because of his unselfish act. Then you have these moochers-sponges with their hands out -Gimme Gimme... Its absolutely sickening
ReplyDeleteThis is a lot more than I get from unemployment. How can I upgrade myself to "poor"?
ReplyDeleteAnd Governor Romney was castigated for referring to the 47%!
ReplyDeleteThis is worth fighting against.
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