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Originally Posted by tankdriver
I hear a lot of people say this kind of thing. I wonder where it comes from. I think maybe people see one or two people on the news or in some story who take advantage and then extrapolate to everyone.
Every number I have seen, and they are easy to find, indicates that a minor percentage of the US population receives welfare. The vast majority of Americans do not. Medicaid, which will likely be enfolded into a public option should there be one, is a slightly larger percent.
The largest percentage of Americans assisted by the government are the 30some% who receive the EITC. I think whether the EITC is welfare is definitely debatable. But even then that still leaves 70% of Americans who do not receive government assistance.
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I grew up very poor, and saw it everywhere. in the shop I worked, in the schools, in the neighborhood. I will tell you from my personal experience I knew many families that cheated,and I saw many perfectly healthy people collect welfare and live in section 8 housing. they did however, drive some very nice cars, and you could buy food stamps for 50 cents on the dollar near the end of the month, they always had money for lottery
I dontknow how to fix it, I just know that a system based on a culture that wants to work as in Canada or Europe will not work in a cuture that wants it handed to them
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