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Originally Posted by scottw
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
( Data as of January 31, 2011)
Fiscal PARTICIPATION BENEFIT
ANNUAL SUMMARY
Year.... Persons... Households.... COSTS
FY 2011 43,398,316 20,293,942 11,593,629,205
and we continue to pile more and more people into the currently busting underfunded safety nets/pension and entitlement systems....
In December 2006 food stamp participation at 26,363,031 persons
and realize that from the government's perspective, nearly doubling the number of people on food stamps is touted as evidence of success of the program  |
To liberal politicians, that is most definitely a success, because they have expanded their voting base, by making more people addicted to the welfare/entitlements they provide.
Republicans want everyone to be independently financially comfortable. Democrats want everyone addicted to their entitlements. That way, the limousine liberals have a permanent voting base that is forever bought off, but since that voting base has no upward economic mobility, the limousine liberals will still have Nantucket beaches to themselves.
The last thing liberals want is for those folks to become rich, because if they did...they'd vote Republican!
The myth that liberals care more about the poor is just that, a myth. Look at studies that look at who (conservatives or liberals) gives more time and money to charity. It's conservatives.