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I’m actually shocked that Oregon’s SNAP participation is 20% – very interesting.
Oregon is largely rural farming communities and tiny towns. Outside of Portland, Salem and Bend, Oregon (from a political perspective) is basically Alabama.
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The way I've seen the blacks at work selling their ebt cards...
"The blacks?"
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Nary a word of CORPORATE Welfare? That figures...................
...it is also the government’s job to interfere with people’s day-to-day affairs...
Yeah, I'm so glad that no neoconservative politician has ever endorsed interfering in the lives of private citizens. Were you born this much of a hypocrite or do you have to work at it?
Most of our poor urban neighborhoods (like 7th,8th,9th wards in your nations Capital) and many poor rural areas don't have decent supermarkets (NE or SE Washington doesn't even have a WallyMart). So buying expensive fresh food or expensive gourmet foods is an academic exercise only. Good eating is whats on the shelf at your local bodega or 7-11. A bottle of Coke, bag of Fritos and an microwaveable instant Kraft Mac and Cheese, or Bean Burrito or Nissan Shrimp and Noodles, and don't forget the Hostess Twinkee foir desert makes for a darn good supper! And once a week you can splurge and hit the Mckey D's or Taco Bell for for some real dining and you supersize it of course.
"your nations Capital) and many poor rural areas don't have decent supermarkets." Ah, but they used to.
Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed
I suppose that's true. I mean, for many people, SNAP supplements their starvation "diet" with some food
uh, sometimes I feel like I am a starvation diet because I am working and can't find the time to take a lunch break, I am working to pay to put food on your table and you have the nerve to complain? My answer to you is, stop whining and get a job!
There is a lot of misinformation about welfare so I thought I'd make a thread specifically about the facts so that, in the future, we can have more informed discussions about the topic. First of all how much is spent on welfare, who is on welfare, and in what states is welfare most common?
Map of which states have the lowest welfare rate as a percentage of population (lowest = 1st place) to states with the highest welfare participation rate as a percentage of population (50 = highest).
Finally, we can consider food stamps (SNAP) which technically isn't welfare as it isn't run by the department of health and human services and instead is run by the department of agriculture under the farm subsidy program. Here is a graph with the percentage of population receiving food stamps by state.
Percent of State Population Participating in SNAP Program, FY2011
How many people have died of starvation , minus Anorexia in this country
Oh, do explain?
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Were you born this much of a hypocrite or do you have to work at it?
