Federal judge overturns Florida law requiring drug testing welfare recipients

[dagolfer33]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

thats to bad..so as the johnsons sit on the new couch and ride around in a 2010 explorer..they wont be bothered to quit smoking weed and chillin on the state..ps they have 6 kids and noone has had a job sence 1992..fire up da blunt..stake on the state knucka..

.....and to think, they be wantin peeps to pull up their pants when they go up in a bizness. Pullin up da pants is no prolem, just keep sendin tha free money, ya herrrrd!!!

[Riot]

Myth: People on welfare are usually black, teenage mothers who stay on ten years at a time.

Fact: Most welfare recipients are white, adult and on welfare less than two years at a time.

According to the statistics, whites form the largest racial group on welfare; half of all welfare recipients leave in the first two years; and teenagers form less than 8 percent of all welfare mothers.

Myth: Welfare gives people an incentive to avoid work.

Fact: Over 100 studies have not found this alleged incentive.

Statistics show that average welfare benefits pay below the poverty line and less than a full-time job. Research overwhelmingly proves that welfare recipients prefer work to welfare. The General Accounting Office has reviewed over 100 studies on welfare and concluded that welfare does not significantly diminish the incentive to work.

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-welfareincentive.htm

Rick Perry and Donald Trump have brought back birtherism, for all those looking for someone to hate on.

[dellinger63]

A substantial fraction of the AFDC caseload potentially could be affected by policies to time-limit AFDC benefits. On average, at a given point in time, about 70 percent of current AFDC recipients have received AFDC for more than 24 months (2 YEARS) and 48 percent have received assistance for more than 60 months (5 YEARS).

So in the real world seven out of ten welfare recipients have been on the public dole for more than 2 years and half over 5 years. I wonder how many are illegals like auntie Obama.

However some good news

The majority of families who leave the welfare system do so after a relatively short period of time -- about half leave within a year; 70 percent within two years and almost 90 percent within five years.

and more bad

But many return almost as quickly as they left -- about 45 percent return within a year and 70 percent return by the end of five years.

www.urban.org

According to the source cited by Riot there are more whites on welfare than black by 1%(38% v. 37%.) However when you consider 2010 census data that shows African Americans make up 12% of population while whites 65% it starts to make that stat a bit clearer.

Considering the differences in size of population by race, would show an African American is five times as likely to be on welfare compared to a white.

[dagolfer33]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

According to the source cited by Riot there are more whites on welfare than black by 1%(38% v. 37%.) However when you consider 2010 census data that shows African Americans make up 12% of population while whites 65% it starts to make that stat a bit clearer.

Considering the differences in size of population by race, would show an African American is five times as likely to be on welfare compared to a white.

I was just about to refer to this fact, but why present this information when it is minimized by such a grand presentation of Fact vs. Myth.

[Riot]

It's sad watching people jump through hoops trying to justify their prejudices and hatred of welfare recipients.

Hey, the John Birch Society is always looking for a few more good haters: you gotta hate gay active-duty soldiers, hate uninsured who die from accidents, cheer governors that kill people.

Yay! It's morning in America! Your candidate appears to be Rick Perry. Unless you hate Muslims more than brown people, then it's Herman Cain.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

It's sad watching people jump through hoops trying to justify their prejudices and hatred of welfare recipients.

It's sad that you feel numbers are now racist and full of hatred.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

It's sad that you feel numbers are now racist and full of hatred.

It's sad you are posting numbers from 15 years ago. 1996 Congressional hearing testimony? Really? Maybe post something from the past 2-3 years? You know, after the financial crash, and the recession, that changed how many hundreds of thousands of people are on welfare?

What are you doing, if not trying to justify your dislike of those awful "welfare recipients"? You're desperate to try and find numbers that fulfill your bitter prejudices against "welfare recipients". Because otherwise, why would the numbers matter to you?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

It's sad that you feel numbers are now racist and full of hatred.

I didn't say racist, Dell. I said "prejudiced" and "hatred". You know, two words that have completely different meanings than "racist"?

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Your candidate appears to be Rick Perry. Unless you hate Muslims more than brown people, then it's Herman Cain.

Yea cause he's white. That hatred comes thru loud and clear again.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Yea cause he's white. That hatred comes thru loud and clear again.

That doesn't even make any sense.

Herman Cain is the one who already made some pretty nasty public statements about Muslims. If you don't like Muslims, looks like he's your guy. Herb doesn't like them, either.