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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 2:40 PM, Aug 8, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
A new chart set to be released later today by the Republican side of the
Senate Budget Committee details a startling statistic: "Over 100 Million
People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare."
"The federal government administers nearly 80 different overlapping federal
means-tested welfare programs," the Senate Budget Committee notes. However,
the committee states, the figures used in the chart do not include those who
are only benefiting from Social Security and/or Medicare.
Food stamps and Medicaid make up a large--and growing--chunk of the more
than 100 million recipients. "Among the major means tested welfare programs,
since 2000 Medicaid has increased from 34 million people to 54 million in
2011 and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps
) from 17 million to 45 million in 2011," says the Senate Budget Committee.
"Spending on food stamps alone is projected to reach $800 billion over the
next decade."
The data come "from the U.S. Census’s Survey of Income and Program
Participation shows that nearly 110,000 million individuals received a
welfare benefit in 2011. (These figures do not include other means-tested
benefits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit or the health insurance
premium subsidies included in the President’s health care law. CBO
estimates that the premium subsidies, scheduled to begin in 2014, will cover
at least 25 million individuals by the end of the decade.)"
This is not just Americans, however. "These figures include not only
citizens, but non-citizens as well," according to the committee. | P*********0
发帖数: 4321 | 2 Social security and Medicare are not welfare, stupid. They are entitlement.
People paid over their prime years to get these benefits in return.
You cannot cut my benefits for which I already paid for. If you really want
to do it , please refund my money plus interest.
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 2:40 PM, Aug 8, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
: A new chart set to be released later today by the Republican side of the
: Senate Budget Committee details a startling statistic: "Over 100 Million
: People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare."
: "The federal government administers nearly 80 different overlapping federal
: means-tested welfare programs," the Senate Budget Committee notes. However,
: the committee states, the figures used in the chart do not include those who
: are only benefiting from Social Security and/or Medicare.
: Food stamps and Medicaid make up a large--and growing--chunk of the more
: than 100 million recipients. "Among the major means tested welfare programs,
| D*******o
发帖数: 3229 | 3 Please read the post more carefully before you reply, dude.
发信人: Peekaboo100 (Guess what), 信区: USANews
标 题: Re: Over 100 Million Now Receiving Federal Welfare
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Aug 14 05:46:00 2012, 美东)
Social security and Medicare are not welfare, stupid. They are entitlement.
People paid over their prime years to get these benefits in return.
You cannot cut my benefits for which I already paid for. If you really want
to do it , please refund my money plus interest. | d*****n
发帖数: 754 | 4 It's stated clearly
" the figures used in the chart do not include those who
are only benefiting from Social Security and/or Medicare. " | a**t
发帖数: 3833 | 5 WTF. More than 1/3 of the UA is living below the poverty level. How could
this be possible. If this is the case, 99% of the people on this mitbbs are
receiving welfare.
Figures cheat. Just don't believe them.
federal
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who
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 2:40 PM, Aug 8, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
: A new chart set to be released later today by the Republican side of the
: Senate Budget Committee details a startling statistic: "Over 100 Million
: People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare."
: "The federal government administers nearly 80 different overlapping federal
: means-tested welfare programs," the Senate Budget Committee notes. However,
: the committee states, the figures used in the chart do not include those who
: are only benefiting from Social Security and/or Medicare.
: Food stamps and Medicaid make up a large--and growing--chunk of the more
: than 100 million recipients. "Among the major means tested welfare programs,
| d*****n
发帖数: 754 | 6 It's the senate's number. You know more the senate? | P*********0
发帖数: 4321 | 7 日。 伊拉克人和阿富汗人可以吃美国的福利，为啥美国人步可以吃？
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 2:40 PM, Aug 8, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
: A new chart set to be released later today by the Republican side of the
: Senate Budget Committee details a startling statistic: "Over 100 Million
: People in U.S. Now Receiving Some Form Of Federal Welfare."
: "The federal government administers nearly 80 different overlapping federal
: means-tested welfare programs," the Senate Budget Committee notes. However,
: the committee states, the figures used in the chart do not include those who
: are only benefiting from Social Security and/or Medicare.
: Food stamps and Medicaid make up a large--and growing--chunk of the more
: than 100 million recipients. "Among the major means tested welfare programs,
| P*********0
发帖数: 4321 | 8 I read that. The conservatives have been barking against social security and
medicare for a long time. So I know what's their next move
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【在 d*****n 的大作中提到】
: It's stated clearly
: " the figures used in the chart do not include those who
: are only benefiting from Social Security and/or Medicare. "
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