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However, only a small percentage of people in general are on welfare, so I do agree the stigma is tired. If you count food stamps/EBT as welfare, it's still only a minority of any given ethnicity that uses it. It's also worth noting that a higher percentage of whites are on EBT than Latinos, I wonder if Trump supporters would ever admit that.
More whites are obviously on welfare than blacks because there are more whites than blacks in this country. But if you look at the percentage recipients on welfare within each demographics, you'd notice more blacks are on welfare than whites.
But this isn't a race issue, the point is that welfare, while useful as a short term public safety net if one is a go getter and bounces back. But the sad reality of welfare that this temporary public safety net has turned in a public hammock where the majority (not all) of people on it become lazy and complacent and never get off it. This includes black, white and brown people hence not a race issue.
Hey I wanted to start off saying I am not trying to offend anyone and I am of Puerto Rican descent myself. However I have heard more than once about how politicians brought blacks and Puerto Ricans into New York City by offering them welfare. Is this true or is this a myth? I cannot find any information on the internet with the exception of I think one or two posts I found here on cd. I know that Blacks and Puerto Ricans arrived to New York City to find factory jobs at around the same time when these jobs were starting to disappear but I don't know if them being enticed by welfare is true or not.
You think the Irish and Italian interests in NYC would have stood for a political move as specific as that? That political battle would have big ink in the newspapers, if not blood in the streets.
Democrats like to buy votes by giving such people free stuff. It's called the Welfare State. Once you accept these free things, the democrat party has you under control as they have created a life-long democrat voter. A huge disservice to this demographic as the majority of these people will forever be stuck in the same socioeconomic environment.
Democrats like to "give a man fish" while Republicans prefer to "teach a man to fish".
Besides how can these people vote against Santa Clause (the democrat party)?
Please disregard the above. Extreme right-wing propaganda.
There are also 5 year limits on cash assistance and to get cash assistance coming in you have to be seriously going out for a job or job training. The only people who can get long term government assistance in cash without looking for work are those on disability. I think a lot of right wingers forget that in the 90s Clinton signed the Republican welfare reform into law.
True, it's not like every poor person could get free money just for being poor like many seem to think
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Originally Posted by allpro123
More whites are obviously on welfare than blacks because there are more whites than blacks in this country. But if you look at the percentage recipients on welfare within each demographics, you'd notice more blacks are on welfare than whites.
But this isn't a race issue, the point is that welfare, while useful as a short term public safety net if one is a go getter and bounces back. But the sad reality of welfare that this temporary public safety net has turned in a public hammock where the majority (not all) of people on it become lazy and complacent and never get off it. This includes black, white and brown people hence not a race issue.
Regarding your first paragraph, I made that point already
Don't mistake "corporate welfare" to incentives given to businesses to create jobs/opportunities, etc.
Sure not
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