Tag Archives: poverty

In what some describe as chilling evidence of the fractured economy, squeegee men are again descending on New York City’s drivers. Armed with buckets and $5 squeegees, a squad of men waded into stalled Times Square traffic Sunday to lather up windshields, swipe them clean and beckon for tips from drivers – some annoyed by the intrusion. A rare sight …

Wingnut GOP Rep. Steve King says if you don’t work, you shouldn’t eat. Unemployment benefits and food stamps only encourage laziness. So starve, you good for nothing slackers!

Beginning October 1st, many Michigan residents who have been on welfare for more than 48 months will face homelessness and starvation. Because GOP Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill to that effect. Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed into law a stricter, four-year lifetime limit on cash welfare benefits, prompting advocates for the poor to warn that tens of …

“Why are left-wing activist groups so keen on registering the poor to vote? Because they know the poor can be counted on to vote themselves more benefits by electing redistributionist politicians. Welfare recipients are particularly open to demagoguery and bribery. Registering them to vote is like handing out burglary tools to criminals. It is profoundly antisocial and un-American to empower …

Remember when FL Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott mandated that all welfare applicants pass a drug test before receiving benefits? It turns out that so few applicants are failing the test, the entire program will cost much more than it saves. That’s probably no concern for Scott’s wife, who has a financial interest in one of the companies doing the …

“The typical poor child, in fact, lives in a house that has air conditioning, cable TV, a computer, three color televisions, an Xbox, a DVD [player], one or two cars [for] the household, [and] there’s not any sign of food scarcity. Everything I just said comes from government reports, but the government doesn’t publicize that information. The welfare state has …

Sullivan links today to this bit of insanity: In a recent consumer study, 21 percent of individuals surveyed – including 38 percent of those with income below $25,000 – reported that winning the lottery was “the most practical strategy for accumulating several hundred thousand dollars” of wealth for their own retirement. In addition, 16 percent thought that winning the lottery …

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Even if we take Fischer’s number as accurate, that 1.5% represents millions and millions of Americans who go hungry every day. But that’s OK! Glory! Praise his name!

National Geographic has a huge interactive version.

Tea Party hero FL Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott has signed a bill requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug test before receiving any checks. Applicants must pay for their own tests. The ACLU isn’t having it. “The wasteful program created by this law subjects Floridians who are impacted by the economic downturn, as well as their families, to a …

“My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed. You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that. And so what you’ve got …

Talk about the “Christmas spirit.” In Houston the Salvation Army wants proof of legal U.S. residency before giving out Xmas presents to needy kids. In a year when more families than ever have asked for help, several programs providing Christmas gifts for needy children require at least one member of the household to be a U.S. citizen. Others ask for …

The number of Americans relying on food stamps is nearing records not seen since the 1960s. Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year, the highest level since the aid program began in the 1960s. The number of …