[–] 22659151? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Really wish HUD would begin building data sets as it relates to anchor babies on HUD Housing Programs.
All anchor-babies on HUD Housing programs are classified as American Citizens, the figures delivered by HUD do not provide any information as it relates to expenditures procured for anchor babies.
You're going to get a lot of mute-talking points thrown at you with regards to what % of welfare recipients are American Citizens, people need to understand that nobody knows the ball-park cost illegals are to our welfare system. Once an anchor baby is born, all filings related to welfare received is going to be classified as a US Citizen being the recepient, these anchor babies tend to have entire families piggy-back on the welfare programs they qualify for.
[–] 22661763? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Even liberals should applaud this. It's not being unkind, it's realistic. Every single dime -- EVERY. SINGLE. DIME. - that was given away to non citizens was taken out of your pocket. Welfare resources are finite. All these Millennials yelling about Boomers need to understand, it ain't boomers who are "stealing their money." It's non citizens who come into the country with hands outstretched.
I don't mind giving people a hand up. I detest giving able bodied people a hand out
[–] 22656231? 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
Total misinformation post. Here are the true facts. https://fortunly.com/statistics/welfare-statistics/ February 13, 2020
There are over 59 million Americans that receive welfare during an average month.
SNAP is the biggest welfare program in the US.
Children, the disabled and elderly constitute the majority of public benefit recipients.
More women than men are dependent on food stamps.
An estimated 59 million Americans receive welfare during an average month.
That number is equivalent to 19% of the population in the US and includes individuals who received assistance from one of the safety net programs. Of all welfare programs, SNAP is the biggest with an average of 40 million people using it each month.
2. 24 million children use welfare every month.
Children make up the biggest percentage of welfare beneficiaries. An examination of the demographics of welfare recipients reveals that those under the age of 18 account for 41% of all welfare users. Meanwhile, people aged between 18 and 64 account for 50% of the recipients. Seniors (65 and older) account for just 12% of the population on welfare.
At least 13 million people live in poverty and don’t receive any benefits from welfare programs.
An estimated 46 million Americans live below the poverty line. But millions aren’t covered by any of the welfare programs. Records show that 72% of people living in poverty received help from at least one welfare program. Among those living in deep poverty – an income that falls 50% below the poverty threshold – 70% received assistance, while the remaining 5.5 million people did not.
Among the population that receives welfare, 43% are white.
The biggest chunk of welfare recipients are non-Hispanic whites. Hispanics make up 28% of all welfare recipients followed by non-Hispanic blacks at 23%. Meanwhile, other ethnicities like Asian-Americans and Native Americans account for 8% of all recipients.
Recent data shows that the government allocated 5.6% of the budget for welfare.
(National Priorities Project)
Contrary to popular belief, the US budget isn’t being sucked dry by welfare expenses. Furthermore, the expenditure declined throughout the last few years. In 2015, welfare accounted for 10% of the federal budget. By the end of 2018 that percentage nearly halved.
California, New York and Texas have the highest total public welfare expenditures.
Welfare statistics by state show that there is a direct correlation between the cost of living and welfare expenditures. At the very top are California with $98.5 billion and New York with $65.6 billion. Texas and Pennsylvania spend significantly less with $36.9 and $30.3 billion respectively.
Wyoming is the only state that spends less than $1 billion on welfare.
Wyoming spends $834 million on welfare, which plants it firmly at the bottom of the list of welfare recipients. States that spend under $2 billion on welfare are South Dakota ($1.1 billion) and North Dakota ($1.6 billion) as well as Montana and Vermont that spend $1.8 billion each.
New York and Alaska have the highest welfare expenditure per capita.
Although some states have low public welfare expenditures, the amount they spend on welfare per capita is far higher. Welfare statistics show that Alaska has the 6th lowest public welfare expenditures but the second highest per capita expenses. This is the state with the smallest population, and the budget is split among fewer recipients, each costing $3,020.
Experts anticipate the welfare budget to remain the same throughout the next five years.
(US Government Spending)
Projections for the federal budget show that there won’t be any changes to the amount of money the US spends on welfare. According to analysts, the budget might see only slight oscillation in the years leading up to 2024, ensuring that it won’t be the biggest expenditure for the country.
There are now 3 million fewer food stamp users than in 2018.
(US Department of Agriculture, USAFacts)
Americans are becoming less dependent on the SNAP. In 2019, there were 33.6 million people using food stamps, which is a decrease of over 10 million in the past three years. Financial resources allocated for this program are also declining since 2013, and in 2018 it received $60.7 billion. However, SNAP remains the most important program in the US for fighting hunger.
On average, a SNAP recipient receives $127 a month.
(Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Depending on the size of the household and how close its members are to the poverty line, the average monthly benefit is between $131 and $506. The maximum monthly benefit that a family of five can receive through this program is $762. As for the average SNAP benefit in fiscal 2018, it converts to $4.17 a day or $1.39 per meal.
Nearly 40% of all food stamp recipients are white.
(US Department of Agriculture)
The majority of SNAP recipients, 38.6% to be precise, are Caucasian. African Americans are the second biggest group, accounting for 24.8% of the recipients, followed by Hispanics who make up 11.5%. Asian Americans account for 2.9% of food stamp recipients, while Native Americans account for 1.2%.
An estimated 20% of Americans have been enrolled in Medicaid.
(Well Kept Wallet)
Roughly 20% of the population in the US is enrolled in the program that helps provide free or low-cost medical care. Similar programs include Medicare that helps people over the age of 65 pay for their medical bills.
Every six in ten Medicaid-supported adults are employed.
(Kaiser Family Foundation)
Another common misconception is that Medicaid is strictly reserved for the unemployed. On the contrary, 63% of all adult recipients of Medicaid are either full-time or part-time employees. Among the unemployed recipients, the majority (12%) can’t work due to caregiving, while 11% can’t work due to disability.
Get your facts before bloviating bullshit.
[–] 22661876? 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Get your facts before bloviating bullshit.
Did you READ THE ARTICLE?
It's a direct quote from someone in Arizona who WITNESSED this situation, and is a story about what is happening in AZ. From a pastor I happen to know is a Liberal. So you are saying the Liberal Hispanic Pastor lied? The article says the lines are shorter. Did you drive there to confirm that someone else is "bloviating bullshit?" How do you know that your stats apply to this story and to this situation? I remember seeing what happened in AZ after two major bills were passed that punished Employers for employing illegal immigrants. Complete blocks of housing were empty. Small businesses that catered to the illegal population disappeared overnight. Car thefts dropped in Phoenix - they went from #1 in the country, to #9 to #41 with the passage of the bills. Can I extrapolate that across the world? No.
But this is what the article said;
ASSOCIATED PRESS VIA DAILY MAIL
Phoeniz, AZ, pastor Antonio Velasquez says people used to line up from ‘3 in the morning’ to apply for food stamps and Medicaid at Maryvale district state office
But no one lined up one recent weekday morning, and there were just a handful of people inside
Velasquez says change is because of new rules that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits
He fears immigrants, including citizens and legal residents, have dropped social services they or their children may be entitled to out of fear of being deported
But Trump administration says the change is ‘not a moral judgment on individuals, it is an economic one.’
Deputy Homeland Security secretary Ken Cuccinelli said the government expects immigrants to ‘be able to stand on their own two feet.’
Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a largely Latino Phoenix neighborhood to sign up for food stamps and Medicaid. No more. ‘You had to arrive at 3 in the morning, and it might take you until the end of the day,’ he said, pointing behind the office in the Maryvale neighborhood to show how long the lines got. But no one lined up one recent weekday morning, and there were just a handful of people inside.
[–] 22656933? 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
But how is that possible, they don't come here for the benefits but to do the jobs nobody else wants.