yeahwho
02-17-2012, 09:42 PM
Great news for all of those concerned about Obama's entitlement programs, the Republicans use them more than the democrats.
From the NYTimes, linkage (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opinion/krugman-moochers-against-welfare.html?hp)
What we should be aware of as we head towards the polls this November is the true statistics of those who are supporting Romney, Santorum and the Party they represent, The Republicans.
Read Also... Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/us/even-critics-of-safety-net-increasingly-depend-on-it.html)
snippet from above Op/Ed,
Aaron Carroll of Indiana University tells us that in 2010, residents of the 10 states Gallup ranks as “most conservative” received 21.2 percent of their income in government transfers, while the number for the 10 most liberal states was only 17.1 percent.
Now, there’s no mystery about red-state reliance on government programs. These states are relatively poor, which means both that people have fewer sources of income other than safety-net programs and that more of them qualify for “means-tested” programs such as Medicaid.
By the way, the same logic explains why there has been a jump in dependency since 2008. Contrary to what Mr. Santorum and Mr. Romney suggest, Mr. Obama has not radically expanded the safety net. Rather, the dire state of the economy has reduced incomes and made more people eligible for benefits, especially unemployment benefits. Basically, the safety net is the same, but more people are falling into it.
As one commenter puts it
That's rich - Suzanne Metler's finding that 44 percent of Social Security recipients, 43 percent of those receiving unemployment benefits, and 40 percent of those on Medicare say that they “have not used a government program.” And all these deluded folks are allowed to vote, and histrionically rant and rave, and preach fact-free ideologies.
From the NYTimes, linkage (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opinion/krugman-moochers-against-welfare.html?hp)
What we should be aware of as we head towards the polls this November is the true statistics of those who are supporting Romney, Santorum and the Party they represent, The Republicans.
Read Also... Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It
(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/us/even-critics-of-safety-net-increasingly-depend-on-it.html)
snippet from above Op/Ed,
Aaron Carroll of Indiana University tells us that in 2010, residents of the 10 states Gallup ranks as “most conservative” received 21.2 percent of their income in government transfers, while the number for the 10 most liberal states was only 17.1 percent.
Now, there’s no mystery about red-state reliance on government programs. These states are relatively poor, which means both that people have fewer sources of income other than safety-net programs and that more of them qualify for “means-tested” programs such as Medicaid.
By the way, the same logic explains why there has been a jump in dependency since 2008. Contrary to what Mr. Santorum and Mr. Romney suggest, Mr. Obama has not radically expanded the safety net. Rather, the dire state of the economy has reduced incomes and made more people eligible for benefits, especially unemployment benefits. Basically, the safety net is the same, but more people are falling into it.
As one commenter puts it
That's rich - Suzanne Metler's finding that 44 percent of Social Security recipients, 43 percent of those receiving unemployment benefits, and 40 percent of those on Medicare say that they “have not used a government program.” And all these deluded folks are allowed to vote, and histrionically rant and rave, and preach fact-free ideologies.