[BAW]

A few days old . . searched, but didn't find it on FR.

This has amazing statistics on California as a welfare state. Facts and figures are hard to ignore . . . and good armament before engaging in any discussions with California liberals.

[umgud]

No doubt Amish recipients.

[EternalVigilance]

Great article.

Kudoes to Chuck DeVore for publicizing the reality.

[Publius6961]

I need an aspirin before responding to this thread. Not that it's a surprise, but for a state where the legislators are wringing their hands and crying crocodile tears by the bucketful about the dismal future facing California's extreme poor...

Smells more and more like political Bullshit*, doesn't it?
Vote for me, and I'll make sure you are taken care of forever?

*BULLSHIT

[Amerigomag]

1/3 of all US welfare recipients reside in California.

One can imagine how a consumption tax would change circumstances. Shifting the tax burden from produces to consumers could help recapture both state and federal tax dollars, give California's small businesses a reprieve from one of this nation's most confiscatory taxing schemes and provide just relief to the 5% of Californians who pay almost 90% of the state's income taxes.

[marsh2]

California allows parents to continue to receive money for dependent children long after their adult benefits have maxed out. As a northern County bordewring on Oregon, we see a steady stream of people coming south from Oregon and west from states who have no such extended benefits.

Welfare to work also presuposes work. California is the most regulatory state in the union in the natural resources industries. It is a fact that our local people have been put out of work in the forests, in mining, farming and ranching because of environmental regulations. The state and federal regulations have been dismantling our non-industrial economy over the past 20 years. As a consequence, we have high unemployment and welfare.

Perhaps backing off regulation, defunding regulation crazed bureaucracies like the regional water boards and dropping stupid initiatives like sustainable communities and climate change could get our budget and economies back on track.

[AuntB]

Yes, and the mess is directly connected to illegal and legal immigration.

More than 1 million people became citizens in 2008, with 780,000 taking the oath of allegiance in the first 10 months, according to preliminary figures from the Department of Homeland Security. I

Leading countries of birth of new citizens were:
Mexico (122,258), India (46,871), Philippines (38,830), China (33,134) and Vietnam (27,921)

Largest number of people naturalizing lived in:
California (181,684), New York (73,676) and Florida (54,563).
SOURCE: Office of Immigration Statistics, Department of Homeland Security
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/WestVolusia/wvlHEAD03WEST012209.htm

Study: Illegal Immigrants Having More Kids In US Associated Press ^ | April 14, 2009
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/19175382/detail.html

Growing numbers of children of illegal immigrants are being born in this country, and they are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty than those with American-born parents...

Overall, illegal immigrants’ children account for one of every 15 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. In 2008, California had the most illegal immigrants at 2.7 million, double its 1990 number, followed by Texas, Florida, New York and New Jersey.

[John Jorsett]

I just downloaded the data and did some analysis on my own. As of September 2008, the latest month available, California had 3.3% of its population on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. Next highest was Tennessee with 2.2% followed by Washington DC with 2.0%. The average for all states and DC was 1.1%. Here's a chart I made with the results. You can see how much higher California is than the rest.

[Lancey Howard]

Makes sense - - the more junkies (welfare parasites) there are, the better for the dealers (politicians).