Fungus Gnat
Well-Known Member
Nice try on the welfare debacle, funny, using your "facts" we come up with this:
The BIGGEST US WELFARE STATES
–Year Researched Data———2009————-2007————2008———-2009
State——-% of Pop on Welfare—–Spending on Welfare—-Total on Welfare—–Unemploment
#1. California……………3.30%………………$3.28 BILLION………..1,212,893…….11.5%
#2. Maine………………..2.37%……………….$61.73 MILLION………..31,148……….8.3%
#3. Tennessee………….2.15%……………..$91.28 MILLION……….133,505……….10.7%
#4. Massachusetts…….2.09%…………….$295.29 MILLION………136,033………8.2%
#5. Vermont…………….2.02%……………..$30.92 MILLION………..12,543……..7.3%
#6. Wash DC…………..1.99%……………….$18.67 MILLION………..11,806………..10.7%
#7. New York…………..1.92%………………$1.47 BILLION…………..373,305………8.2%
#8. Minnesota…………..1.88%………………$106.29 MILLION………98,028…….8.2%
#9. Washington…………1.86%………………$265.88 MILLION……121,864……..9.4%
#10. New Mexico……….1.83%………………$58.87 MILLION…….36,322…………..6.5%
#11. Indiana……………..1.83%………………..$102.27 MILLION…..116,430……….10.6%
#12. Rhode Island……..1.79%……………….$57.4 MILLION…………..18,839…………..12.1%
#13. Michigan…………..1.60%………………..$380.93 MILLION……….164,589………14.1%
#14.Pennsylvania……….1.60%………………$247.29 MILLION………198,666…………8.2%
#15. Oregon…………….1.55%………………….$83.85 MILLION……….58,831………….12.4%
And thanks Dan, that video pretty much sums up our entitled progressive generation, obviously their not short on blame and excuses, are they!
The reason why states like Texas have lower welfare cases is not because they don't need them, it's because they made it harder to qualify for them. Texas is noticeably absent from your list but has more people on food stamps than California despite Texas having a much smaller population.
http://www.texaswatchdog.org/2013/01/texans-received-6-billion-in-food-stamp-benefits-last-year-SNAP/1357919580.columnCalifornia, with one in nine people enrolled, had a lower participation rate than all but two of the states with the lowest total enrollments.