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AuH20
06-25-2012, 01:31 PM
The plantation grows.......

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/study-more-half-trillion-dollars-spent-welfare-poverty-levels-unaffected


“[S]ince President Obama took office [in January 2009], federal welfare spending has increased by 41 percent, more than $193 billion per year,” the study says.


Federal welfare spending in fiscal year 2011 totaled $668 billion, spread out over 126 programs, while the poverty rate that remains high at 15.1 percent, roughly where it was in 1965, when President Johnson declared a federal War on Poverty.

In 1966, the first year after Johnson declared war on poverty, the national poverty rate was 14.7 percent, according to Census Bureau figures. Over time, the poverty rate has fluctuated in a narrow range between 11 and 15 percent, only falling into the 11 percent range for a few years in the late 1970’s.

The federal poverty rate is the percentage of the population below the federal poverty threshold, which varies based on family size.

Brian4Liberty
06-25-2012, 02:14 PM
Make everyone weak, unmotivated and incapable of taking care of themselves, and thus dependent on government. Oh, and one of the many catches is that you will be sent to your room when you are "bad", as defined by Big Mommy and Big Daddy. Some of you will call it home sweet home, others will call it jail.


"You've been a very bad child! Just you wait till your father gets home!"

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"Daddy's home!"

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