Federal judge overturns Florida law requiring drug testing welfare recipients

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

I don't see that in the source I gave. Cut and paste the applicable paragraph, and web link, please.
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Here ya go

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White 38.8%
Black 37.2
Hispanic 17.8
Asian 2.8
Other 3.4

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

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Here ya go

Thanks. As pointed out, it's true that the majority of welfare recipients are not black. Are they?

Now, your math ... I suggest you use the same years census data. Not reaching for different data

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Thanks. As pointed out, it's true that the majority of welfare recipients are not black. Are they?

Now, your math ... I suggest you use the same years census data. Not reaching for different data

I took your suggestion and went back and did the numbers using both the 1990 and 2000 census stats (http://www.census.gov/prod/3/98pubs/p23-194.pdf page 14) and back then an African American was six times as likely as a white person, to be on welfare. So we've come a long way.

And true the majority of welfare recipients are white if that makes you feel better.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

even with http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/hiring/affirmativeact.htm ..where race is slanted tward hire of those with color..i am not allowed to act like they havent been given a huge hand up..yet the welfare numbers soar..as far as my take on the johnsons..ive seen it daily..first hand

[dellinger63]

Some people have a Mercedes in the driveway and some have one in the family portrait. I don’t want to be forced to subsidize either.

You want to have a Mercedes? Then you pay for it.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Some people have a Mercedes in the driveway and some have one in the family portrait. I don’t want to be forced to subsidize either.

You want to have a Mercedes? Then you pay for it.

Give me a break! I've worked all my life with low income families and this hate-induced propaganda about expensive cars is a bunch of bull. Are there folks who cheat the system? Of course, on Wall Street as well as on welfare but that's just an excuse to put the blame on the poor. I also don't give a rat's behind regarding what color folks on welfare are...folks are folks! One of these days, people are gonna wake up and discover that societies don't crumble from the bottom, they decay starting at the top.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Give me a break! I've worked all my life with low income families and this hate-induced propaganda about expensive cars is a bunch of bull.

My statement regarding the Mercedes in the driveway was referring to idiots who took out a loan on their home to buy it and are now crying poor and wanting a hand out. Or execs at AIG and GM who were bailed out on the backs of the taxpayer.

Mercedes in the family portrait? Well yea that referred to no/low income folks you were talking about.

I'm all for people succeeding, on their own. It's what makes this country great. Our poor are rich compared to the rest of the world. I'm simply trying to stop the march towards socialism.