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Title: Welfare nation: America relying on federal aid more than at any time in history... and New York gets the most
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... -federal-aid-time-history.html
Published: Apr 26, 2011
Author: Daniel Bates
Post Date: 2011-04-26 18:57:36 by Sebastian
Keywords: None
Views: 11486
Comments: 25
Americans are relying on federal government spending more than at any time in the nation57;s history, new figures have revealed. A staggering 18.3 per cent of personal income is now made up of food stamps, social security payments and benefits - and New York has more aid programmes than anywhere else in the U.S. Actual wages accounted for the lowest slice of income since records began at just 50.5 per cent. Protest: Demonstrators with signs against cuts in aid to the disabled Every adult now receives an average of $7,427 in benefits - a 55 per cent rise from 10 years ago. The figures show the extent to which the U.S. government is now propping up the fragile economy as it recovers from the recession. They also underline how tough it will be to decide which areas of government spending have to be cut in order to get the $14 trillion budget deficit under control. The analysis of government data by USA Today reveals that in 2010 the typical benefit payment of $7,427 had gone up from $4,763 in 2000 and $3,686 in 1990. This helped push government aid up from 12.5 per cent in 2000 to 18.3 per cent of personal income on the back of expanding health care programmes, an ageing population and the recession. In February wages hit just 50.5 per cent of personal income, the lowest since the government started keeping records in 1929. Payments per resident 2000 2010 Change 2000 and 2010 1. New York 6,542 9,442 2,900 2. West Virginia 6,340 9,138 2,798 3. Rhode Island 5,794 8,955 3,161 4. Maine 5,437 8,864 3,426 5. Pennsylvania 5,823 8,616 2,793 6. Massachusetts 5,424 8,541 3,117 7. Vermont 4,935 8,481 3,546 8. Kentucky 5,160 8,262 3,102 9. Michigan 4,850 8,250 3,400 10. Connecticut 5,412 8,188 2,776 11. Mississippi 4,991 8,176 3,185 12. Arkansas 4,950 8,121 3,171 13 Ohio 5,030 7,996 2,966 14. Alabama 4,919 7,943 3,024 15. Florida 5,244 7,939 2,695 The total benefits bill for 2010 was $2.3 trillion, roughly the same as the year before. 'What's frightening is the Baby Boomers haven't really started to retire,' said University of Michigan economist Donald Grimes. 'That's when the cost of Medicare will start to explode.' USA Today has ranked every state on its benefit consumption and found that New York gets more aid programmes than anywhere else. The rising cost of the state57;s Medicaid programme helped drive up the average payout of government benefits in New York to $9,442 per person, a rise of 44 per cent over the last 10 years. New York spends $2,903 on Medicaid alone in 2010, one third more than anywhere else. West Virginia was also singled out for being the state with the highest amount of personal income from the government on 28 per cent At the other end of the scale, Colorado gets just 13.2 per cent of its income from federal funding and Utah residents get the least money with $4,731 per person due to its young population. The figures are likely to mean that the cost of Medicare and Medicaid will be a key battleground in next year's election. Republicans have proposed turning it into a system of vouchers which will save up to $771 billion over a decade. But Democrats have resisted such a change and instead proposed taxes on high earners, couple with less stringent cuts to tackle the deficit. 
WHICH STATES GET THE MOST CASH HANDOUTS
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#1. To: Sebastian (#0)
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Moochers and deadbeats. They all need to be booted off the government dole.
Many are addicted. They won't willingly stop slopping from the public trough.
I don't care. Make 'em go cold turkey. You're done. PERIOD.
I do agree.. cold turkey. It has to happen at some point. Give them a two year warning and then turn the lights off and all welfare workers go home for good.
Two years? I'd rather that not be on my dime.
Well, I am thinking it is humane, and it can help the serious minded ones get their act together. That way they can start getting some training for work- start a little savings- work plans to find housing. Kids would be spared some trauma.. if the parents would use that time wisely. I gotta feel for the kids.
#9. To: diva betsy ross (#7)
Some of these kids are third and fourth generation welfare bums. If you feel the need, support your local charities but leave my tax dollars alone.
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#2. To: jwpegler (#1)
They all need to be booted off the government dole.
#3. To: Sebastian (#2)
Many are addicted. They won't willingly stop slopping from the public trough.
#4. To: jwpegler, Sebastian (#3)
#5. To: diva betsy ross (#4)
Give them a two year warning and then turn the lights off and all welfare workers go home for good.
#7. To: Sebastian (#5)
Replies to Comment # 7. Well, I am thinking it is humane ... I gotta feel for the kids
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