Posted on 07/08/2013 9:21:42 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike
(CNSNews.com) – The number of Americans receiving subsidized food assistance from the federal government has risen to 101 million, representing roughly a third of the U.S. population. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that a total of 101,000,000 people currently participate in at least one of the 15 food programs offered by the agency, at a cost of $114 billion in fiscal year 2012.
That means the number of Americans receiving food assistance has surpassed the number of private sector workers in the U.S.
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Only 47% of U.S. workers currently have full-time jobs in Obama’s depression.
And not one of them will EVER vote to stop the gravy train.
We are past the tipping point.
Yay! Another historic milestone reached!
The progressive/liberal mindset is to strive to bring more people onto government assistance. This is exactly the opposite of what needs to be done. It wasn’t that long ago that the opposite was true.
As awful as those numbers sound i make it out to be $1128 a year or $94 a month? If thats an average then some are getting less than $94 a month or under $3.00 a day?
This just linked to Drudge...
Recovery woes: America’s second-largest employer is a temp agency
When the American Economy has jobs again, many of these people will seek employment and will automatically stop their own gravy train when they return to work. They are not all deadbeats. Most are good people who are simply trying to survive in the worst economy since the Great Depression.
And when and if we muster the political will to raise the import tariffs and rebuild the American economy, some will return to work. Other's may need some intervention to get them to return to help overcome the depression that sets in after being unemployed too long, and from the financial devastation. It doesn't make sense to spend money on intervention right now, because their are no jobs.
30% of the total population relies on 53% of the population who pay income taxes so they don’t starve. What could possibly go wrong?
It wasn't that long ago, and for most of the nation's history, we protected our industries with import tariffs. But then we decided it was better to buying cheap stuff from China and pay to feed 100 million Americans.
And worse, contrary to the Founding Fathers belief, we now claim buying cheap stuff from China to be a freedom and an inherent right. And those dang freeloading out of work Americans, well they can just starve or move to China and get work for $2/day. /s
$94 a month is real money and to say it isn’t is just a lie.
That is close to the average electric, water or gas bill in America. It is plenty for the staples for a family of three if the money is spent wisely and combined with coupons.
How many of the people that receive this benefit also have cable TV. A newer smart phone and high speed internet access. All of these cost LESS that $94 a month on average.
How long will the average tax payer be required to bring the average ‘poor’ person up to a life style comparable to an upper middle class person?
I’m not saying it isn’t real money. When they throw the billions around one loses track of what the actual numbers mean. Besides per person means a family of 4 is getting $376 a month. Pizza, some bread sticks maybe $20-$25 depending on ages and appetites. Thats 15 meals a month paid for. Believe me i understand the value of a $.
It is actually less than that. Many tax payers work either directly for the government (All Federal, state and local workers) or indirectly (People who work for government contractors).
There are 130 Million people, out of 310 million, are in the labor force, only 100 million are part of the private sector. 30% of the American public actually supports the other 69%. Some are children, some are retirees on government pensions or Social Security, many are unemployed, underemployed, never employed or unemployable, and more than 10% work directly for a government entity.
$376 a month is major money on feed.
Damn, I got to get me one of those magic Obama EBT food cards!
Thanks for the breakdown. That’s even more alarming, given the financial instability of the federal government and the oppressive actions against the private sector to foot the bill.
Where the heck are you shopping when pizza and bread sticks cost $20 - $25.
I make pizza at home every Friday. We make three pizzas from scratch and spend way less than $5 on all three. 1.5 cups flour ($.50), 2 TSP of yeast($10.), 1 can sauce ($85.), couple pieces of ham ($.25), a small onion & 2-3 mushrooms (<$.10), 16oz of shredded cheese ($2.99) on a bad day. 3 pizzas for less than $5. or around $1.67 ea. As for bread sticks. add a 1/4 cup more flour and a little more water and you have bread sticks.
MOST people that receive this benefit could and should be removed from this give away. it would allow them to regain some self reliance and some much needed self respect.
Cause that worked out SOOOOOOO WELL for the U.S.S.R.
As we’ve discussed on other threads, if you know how to cook and are willing to cook from scratch with staple ingredients, a person could eat surprisingly well on three bucks a day.
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