From a very well researched NPR story Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise in Disability in America (excerpts only from a much longer story, with emphasis added by me): …In the past three decades, the number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed. The rise has come even as medical advances have allowed many more people to remain on the job, and new laws have banned workplace discrimination against the disabled. Every month, 14 million people now get a disability check from the government. The federal government spends more money each year on cash payments for disabled former workers [...]
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Two Dozen IRS Employees Caught Claiming to be Unemployed to Collect Benefits!
So, the people in charge of the money are being arrested for defrauding the taxpayers? Well, it appears that two dozen IRS employees have claimed to be unemployed in order to collect benefits. Doug Ross(no relation) has more… But — but — but — I thought all who work in government are benevolent public servants? That they’re better than the rest of us? That they’re angels, working for the public good? Twenty-four current and former Internal Revenue Service employees have been charged with stealing government benefits, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The IRS employees were indicted on charges that they illegally [...]
Dependency Alert: Per Household, Welfare now Exceeds Median Income
The nanny state has apparently tightened it’s stranglehold on the American soul. Welfare expenditures now surpass the median American income. Doug Ross (no relation) has more… Rampant fraud and increased poverty: ‘Welfare Spending Equates to $168 Per Day for Every Household in Poverty’ The amount of money spent on welfare programs equals, when converted to cash payments, about “$168 per day for every household in poverty”… …welfare spending per day per household in poverty is $168, which is higher than the $137 median income per day. When broken down per hour, welfare spending per hour per household in poverty is $30.60, which [...]
Government Spent Enough on Welfare in 2011 to Give Each Family in Poverty Over $59,000 Each
A long term criticism of social programs, especially the entitlements, has been the massive waste associated with them. Recently, a report was released that shows that if Welfare spending was concentrated, each family in poverty over $59,000 each. CNS News has more… According to a report from the CRS produced for Sen. Jeff Sessions(R-Ala.), $1 trillion was spent on federal welfare programs during fiscal year 2011 – with $746 billion in federal funds and $254 in state matching funds. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that there were approximately 16.8 million households living below the federal poverty level of $23,000 per year for a family of [...]
Welfare is Highest Single Budget in Item in 2011: 1.03 Trillion Dollars!
Liberals often harp on Military spending, and wish to cut it, citing it’s percentage of the government. However, under President Obama, Welfare spending alone has gone over 1.03 trillion dollars. And yes, that is trillions with a “t.” The Lonely Conservative has more… Welfare spending – that’s President Obama’s economic plan. Last year the federal government spent over $1 trillion on welfare programs. It’s the one thing Obama has been good at – getting people on the dole and hoping they vote for more. The government spent approximately $1.03 trillion on 83 means-tested federal welfare programs in fiscal year 2011 alone — [...]
Scary Numbers and Data: Record Number of Americans Take More Than They Give
Anyone who has been paying attention already knows that about 50% of Americans pay no federal income taxes. That number alone should give us all pause. But, according to this Fox News articlethe situation is much worse. “Right now about 70 percent of Americans take more out of the tax system than they put into it, according to the Tax Foundation,” Brooks said.”That’s something that should really alarm a lot of Americans.” (Bold added) So, if the American Enterprise Institute is correct and 70% of the people take out more than they put in, then only 30% of the people are carrying the load [...]
Classic Conservative Hideout: Government Intervention Leads To Further American Dependency
A Note From Matt: Since the Conservative Hideout started, we had have some great contributors, that for one reason or another, decided to stop blogging altogether. However, they left some great work behind, and much of it is just as relevant today as when it was first written. Here is a post written by Matthew from November of 2009. I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of [...]
Evidence of Democratic Success! Record Number Enroll in Government Anti-poverty Programs!
One measure of success for Democrats is the number of people that they have helped save from starvation and poverty. It is a worthy measure of whether a policy is successful or not, and Obama, Peters, and all the other Democrats often campaign about how hard they have worked to expand the ‘safety net’ and ‘feed the starving masses.’ In their speeches they talk about how they are setting a goal for themselves of getting as many people who need help into the right government programs. And on their watch, under the Democratic Congress and a Democratic President, they have been successful [...]
