97 Million Work Full Time, 101 Million Get Food Aid

[pspr]

It's a striking example of how we have become a socialist nation at the hands of Democraps when more people are getting government food aid than are working. It's a very sad state of affairs for America.
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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 full-time private sector workers in the U.S.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 97,180,000 full-time private sector workers in 2012.

The population of the U.S. is 316.2 million people, meaning nearly a third of Americans receive food aid from the government.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/101...-t-outnumber-full-time-private-sector-workers

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from pspr:

It's a striking example of how we have become a socialist nation at the hands of Democraps when more people are getting government food aid than are working. It's a very sad state of affairs for America.
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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 full-time private sector workers in the U.S.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 97,180,000 full-time private sector workers in 2012.

The population of the U.S. is 316.2 million people, meaning nearly a third of Americans receive food aid from the government.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/101...-t-outnumber-full-time-private-sector-workers

"Good job Mr president"

 

[Tsing Tao]

Quote from pspr:

It's a striking example of how we have become a socialist nation at the hands of Democraps when more people are getting government food aid than are working. It's a very sad state of affairs for America.
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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 full-time private sector workers in the U.S.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 97,180,000 full-time private sector workers in 2012.

The population of the U.S. is 316.2 million people, meaning nearly a third of Americans receive food aid from the government.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/101...-t-outnumber-full-time-private-sector-workers

Change we can believe in.

 

[pspr]

I'm all in favor of making sure people don't go hungry in a nation as rich as ours but when 1/3 of the population is getting food assistance we have a very serious structural problem.

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from pspr:

I'm all in favor of making sure people don't go hungry in a nation as rich as ours but when 1/3 of the population is getting food assistance we have a very serious structural problem.

There are other avenues to assure nobody goes hungry. But subsidizing a lifestyle in exchange for votes is wrong and immoral.

Seems the DemoCraps and parasites never heard the story about "The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg".

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Scataphagos:



Seems the DemoCraps and parasites never heard the story about "The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg".

Or the one about the emperor with no cloths.

 

[pspr]

When you break it down, that means taxpayers are spending over $1,000 per year on each of the persons getting food assistance on average. 1/3rd of the population. It's hard to even get your mind around the magnitude of this.

 

[jem]

I can wrap my mind around it pretty easily.

In order to spend this kind of money... the fed has to monetize the debt. Which causes inflation.

A year ago I was complaining about 7 dollar burritos at the nicer burrito shops... today I paid 6.95 at one of the cheap burrito places.

We not only pay taxes on everything here... but we are also subsidizing a hell of a lot of govt waste with a very serous inflation tax.

 

[denner]

Quote from jem:

I can wrap my mind around it pretty easily.

In order to spend this kind of money... the fed has to monetize the debt. Which causes inflation.

A year ago I was complaining about 7 dollar burritos at the nicer burrito shops... today I paid 6.95 at one of the cheap burrito places.

We not only pay taxes on everything here... but we are also subsidizing a hell of a lot of govt waste with a very serous inflation tax.

Yes, and the apologists only consider "wage inflation" as a major concern.

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from jem:

I can wrap my mind around it pretty easily.

In order to spend this kind of money... the fed has to monetize the debt. Which causes inflation.

A year ago I was complaining about 7 dollar burritos at the nicer burrito shops... today I paid 6.95 at one of the cheap burrito places.

We not only pay taxes on everything here... but we are also subsidizing a hell of a lot of govt waste with a very serous inflation tax.

My homeowner's premium is up 34% in past 2 years. Property insurance on rental, up 52% in 2 years... but "no inflation", of course.