Almost Half of U.S. Households Receiving Government Benefits Under Obama’s “Leadership”

Almost Half of U.S. Households Receiving Government Benefits Under Obama’s “Leadership”

Almost Half of U.S. Households Receiving Government Benefits Under Obama’s “Leadership”

The Obama administration’s plan to tank the economy with their Socialist policies is working like a champ!

According to Census data, almost half of U.S. Household Receive Government Benefits, which is an all-time historic high for the U.S.

The Obama administration actually wants as many people as possible to be dependent on government assistance and benefits in order to make ends meet though, so don’t look for the Obama administration to make things better, because they won’t.

Families were more dependent on government programs than ever last year.

Nearly half, 48.5%, of the population lived in a household that received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2010, according to Census data. Those numbers have risen since the middle of the recession when 44.4% lived households receiving benefits in the third quarter of 2008.

The share of people relying on government benefits has reached a historic high, in large part from the deep recession and meager recovery, but also because of the expansion of government programs



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Modern Poverty Includes AC, Flat Screen TVs, DVD players, Gaming Systems

Take a look at the perks that the poor in our nation enjoy. (most of the people in poverty status do not pay any taxes, but seemingly rake in the perks, most likely due to free money given to them by the American People)

  • Over 65% have more than one TV
  • Over 63% have cable or satellite TV
  • Over 50% have a cellular phone

When Americans think of poverty, we tend to picture people who can’t adequately shelter, clothe, and feed themselves or their families.

When the Census Bureau defines “poverty,” though, it winds up painting more than 40 million Americans — one in seven — as “poor.”

Census officials continue to grossly exaggerate the numbers of the poor, creating a false picture in the public mind of widespread material deprivation, writes Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Robert Rector in a new paper.

“Most news stories on poverty feature homeless families, people living in crumbling shacks, or lines of the downtrodden eating in soup kitchens,” Rector says. “The actual living conditions of America’s poor are far different from these images.”



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