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the walrus was ron

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23. No one LOVES to need food stamps!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 09:29 PM

Jan 2012

I can't imagine anyone who enjoys being in this position. But I keep seeing that silly table and my question is: WTF is up with 19% "unknown race?!" What does that even MEAN? It's one-fifth of total participants and their race/ethnicity is unknown?

I call bullshit. It's a no-brainer: who has the highest poverty rate? That group will need to depend on government assistance the most because they don't have the luxury of asking wealthy family members for help! That is another aspect to all this.

Why even bother trying to cite this fuzzy math? Even if we "proved" that Black Americans as a group rely on public aid more than other groups, it doesn't let Newt off the hook in targeting that demographic (unless he was asked a specific question about Blacks and employment, which would make this whole thing unfair because it's taken out of context).

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White Myth: Black People Love Food Stamps [View all] kpete Jan 2012 OP

That table is confusing out of context. Here is a link to the source document. See top of page 57. slackmaster Jan 2012 #1

I think we all know this, hence the population figures behind the Food Stamp percentages. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2012 #20

I can tell you who really really LOVES food stamps SixthSense Jan 2012 #2

Broken Link Viking12 Jan 2012 #7

link is correct just google "EBT" SixthSense Jan 2012 #8

Farmers too. dawg Jan 2012 #11

You know who really, really, REALLY loves foodstamps? Hungry families with no money. phleshdef Jan 2012 #15

I'll tell you what they'd like even more SixthSense Jan 2012 #16

Even when our economy has experienced golden growth, poverty existed. phleshdef Jan 2012 #17

I'm not playing that game SixthSense Jan 2012 #21

I believe this has "always" been true etherealtruth Jan 2012 #3

I'm so sick of the racist bullshit in this country. dawg Jan 2012 #4

Remember "Segregation now, segregation forever?" rfranklin Jan 2012 #5

I'm just a little too young to remember that. dawg Jan 2012 #6

That was Alabama Governor George Wallace's inauguration speech in 1963 rfranklin Jan 2012 #9

+1000 Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #10

Those numbers don't make your case itsrobert Jan 2012 #12

This is true, but Republicans have a deliberate habit of peddling the blatant LIE that *MOST* Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2012 #22

There are a lot of ridiculous ideas about food stamps. LuvNewcastle Jan 2012 #13

That statement might be true Spirochete Jan 2012 #14

KICKED, BOOKMARKED AND RECOMMENDED!!! THANK YOU!!!!! n/t Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2012 #18

What does that chart mean? Is 35% participation saying that 35% of white people get food stamps... JVS Jan 2012 #19

It means that 35% of food stamp recipients are white slackmaster Jan 2012 #24

No one LOVES to need food stamps! the walrus was ron Jan 2012 #23

It is that simple. LuvNewcastle Jan 2012 #25

Not a 'white myth', but a 'conservative myth' ... Trajan Jan 2012 #26

White Myth: Black People Love Food Stamps Victor Flores Mar 2013 #27