According to the Census Bureau, 49% of Americans in the
second quarter of 2011 lived in a household where at least one member received
a government benefit. (The total population at the time was 305 million).
That’s up from 30% in the 1980s and 44.4% in the third
quarter of 2008, a recent growth in part attributable to the bad economy of
President Obama’s first term.
The Census Bureau broke the data down like this:
- 26.4% of U.S. households had someone enrolled in Medicaid (the health-care program for low-income Americans)
- 16.2% of households had at least one member receiving Social Security.
- 15.8% lived in a household receiving food stamps
- 14.9% had a member with Medicare benefits
- 4.5% of households received assistance with their rent
- 1.7% had a member receiving unemployment benefits.
Editor's notes: the above came from an article out of the WSJ, a review of Romney's statements secretly record more than four months ago and used at this late date to derail Romney's candidacy. The Journal's article is largely supporting of Romney's statement , a good read her, at the Wall Street Journal.
At first I was puzzled why the MSM would even release this, as it wouldn't sway Independent voters, who DO pay taxes and ARE suffering under the Obama economy. Nor will it do anything to Republican voters, except maybe fire them up more. Then I realized; they did it to fire up the Democrat base. Because they know the left is not going to show up at the polls this time like they did in 2008. So they're using scare tactics. "Voto for Obama even though he failed you, because otherwise Romney will take your meal ticket away!"
ReplyDeleteDon't you know they are scared to death? If what you say is true, it reveals a certain desperation that foretells a huge election year defeat.
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