How common is the welfare queen with 5+ kids in tow these days?
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Is it really true that these payments go out at the same time of the month for everyone that receives them or are they staggered? I've wondered about that (serious question).
Staggered here in Arizona, I get my EBT well into the month since my last name starts with "O".
Your making a non-existent distinction between people on welfare and the working poor. These days, almost everyone who receives food stamps is employed. The reason the working poor can't afford to buy their own groceries is because corporate executives take million dollar bonuses while they simultaneously screw working families with 8/hr jobs. Remember, Walmart and McDonald's are the true welfare queens.
It's now 10 dollars an hour here in Arizona and over in Calif, minimum wage.
It's now 10 dollars an hour here in Arizona and over in Calif, minimum wage.
That's not much better. I had to use credit cards to buy groceries while making $10/hr full-time while in school. Wages have stagnated in this country while cost-of-everything has skyrocketed right along with the wealth accumulation of the country's top 0.1% No one can get mad at someone working full-time while collecting food stamps.
I'm sure there are lots of Christian and Mormon families like the Duggars who have LOTS of kids in tow and make money from the government. Heck, the Mormons were sent to jail for it (the more Fundamentalists ones).
I know Hasidic Jews have boatloads of kids but never bothered to look up how much they take in deductions, etc - but you can bet even if they are millionaires they get plenty of tax breaks for all those broods.
I know the Amish have 7 kids average and because they marry "close=in", they are afflicted with many problems that the rest of society are not. They use their local hospitals and, since they don't have health insurance, they beg the hospitals for steep discounts (which the hospitals are not set up to give).
I guess all of the above is more reason for Universal Health Care!
Looked up some stats. Large families are declining among all groups.
This may change after the attacks on family planning.
Hispanics tend to have the largest at this time - and that's 4 kids.
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