Hell in a handbasket - see THIS @ SBPDL
GET THIS - 40% OF CITY RESIDENTS ON FOOD STAMPS!
More than 37 percent of city residents, about 38,000 people, now participate in the food-stamp program, according to an Erie Times-News analysis of state data and U.S. census figures. The number of food-stamp recipients in the city is up 24 percent from two years ago, when the number was 30,585 in June 2009.
For Erie County, the rate climbed to nearly 20 percent of the population in June -- the third-highest percentage in the state. County residents receiving benefits topped 55,000, the highest total since at least 1990, the oldest records maintained by the state Department of Public Welfare.
The percentage of Erie County residents receiving cash assistance grants has climbed in recent years and is now second highest in the state.
The state Department of Public Welfare administers several cash assistance programs to aid disabled individuals or those not earning enough money to support their families.
In June, 9,016 Erie County residents received cash assistance grants, according to state data.
Using 2010 census counts, I calculated this is 3.2 percent of the county’s total population. Only Philadelphia County has a higher rate.
The majority of recipients, 7,276, received grants part of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. The program distributes grants to pregnant women, parents and children who meet certain requirements.
Another 1,729 county residents received General Assistance benefits. These funds assist low-income individuals and families not eligible for TANF benefits.
The other 11 cash assistance recipients were for visually impaired persons with the state’s State Blind Pension Program.
In all, grants totaling $1,189,349.79 were paid to Erie County residents in June. Neighboring Crawford County’s total was $244,611.51
Number of Erie County residents, for June, on food stamps.
$6.9 million
The amount of benefits given to Erie County residents in June.
$274
The average monthly food stamp benefit given to Erie County households. , TANF FOR TEEN MOMS WHO SQUIRT OUT BASTARD BABIES [THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT ABORTION ON DEMAND PAY NOW OR PAY FOR THE NEXT 18 YEARS FOR A PUNK KID WHO WILL PROBABLY END UP IN PRISON ANYWAY!] MULTI-GENERATIONAL WELFARE RATS!, ENERGY ASSISTANCE FOR THE POOR WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO HEAT UNINSULATED 100 YEAR OLD HOUSES WITH DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS, MEDICAID FOR THE POOR, THAT IS THE POOR DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS WHO CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT THAT "FREE GOVERNMENT MONEY" AND SECTION 8 HOUSING TO PAY OVERPRICED RENT TO THE SHIFTY LANDLORDS FOR THE SHITHOLES THEY CALL RENTAL UNITS!
HERE'S THE PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE REPUBLICANS AND THEIR ILK, THEY'VE OUTSOURCED ALL THE JOBS TO CHINA AND MEXICO. THEIR ONLY GOD IS THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. AS THEY SEEK GREATER PROFIT, THEY'VE CAST OFF ONCE MIGHTY GREAT AMERICAN CITIES, DESTROYED THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THEIR RICH COHORTS MUST PAY THE PREMIUM IN THE FORM OF WELFARE BENEFITS TO A BURGEONING UNDERCLASS, WHO WITH NO WHERE ELSE TO TURN, COULD THEORETICALLY FLASH MOB RIGHT AT THE DOORSTEPS OF THEIR SUBURBAN MANSIONS. THESE PRICKS WON'T PAY THE PREMIUM TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE, MANY WHO HAVE FAILED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS - DUE TO DRUGS, PEER PRESSURE AND MOB VIOLENCE AS GANGS AND GANG WANNABES INFILTRATE THE STREETS OF OUR ONCE MIGHTY CITIES. FAILING TO MAKE THE BROADER INVESTMENT IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS SOCIETY, THEY HAVE TAKEN THE COWARDS WAY OUT BY BUYING UP COPS TO TAKE THIS SOCIAL TRASH TO THE DUMPSTER KNOWN AS PRISON. THESE A.H.'s TALK A GOOD GAME ABOUT A STRONG DEFENSE, THE WAR ON TERROR, HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE RIGHT WING REPUBLICANS POUR TRILLIONS INTO THE PENTAGON, POLICE STATE, MILITARY, PRISON, CORPORATE, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX! I PREDICT, IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH PRISONS TO LOCK UP THE MASSES WHO HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT, THE GROUP THAT SAYS "WE WANT LOWER TAXES" YET REFUSE TO PAY FOR THE TRILLIONS IN DEBT THEY HAVE ALREADY INCURRED TRYING TO CONTROL SOCIETY ON A BORROWED DIME OR IN THIS CASE - BORROWED TRILLIONS. REPUBLICANS' REAL CONSTITUENTS ARE THE TOP 1 PERCENT OF WEALTHY AMERICANS WHO CONTROL 98% OF THE WEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY. THESE F'N CRYBABIES WHINE ABOUT HOW HIGH THEIR TAXS ARE. WELL, THE POOR CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY TAXES. THE RICH CAN AND MUST! END THESE F'N WARS, DOWNSIZE THE MILITARY AND DISSOLVE HOMELAND SECURITY. THE BASTARDS!
HEY OBAMA! ENJOY YOUR LUXURY VACATION WITH ALL THE OTHER MILLIONAIRES AT MARTHA'S VINEYARD, {hope they don't mistake you for a servant! hee-hee!}..., MEANWHILE LOOK WHERE CONGRESS IS VACATIONING - IZRAHEIL! OY VEY!
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