Where is Ross Perot when you need him?
Or even a Mike Huckabee... Hey... I ate at Chick fil-a!
-- Actually, they both endorsed Romney....
America's fate is sealed if for no other reason than the fact that a large portion of the population is dependent,only independent people can make sound judgements about leaders because they see a leader as just tha a leader,while the dependent see them as providers...all a provider has to do is promise more stuff and they will win the votes of those who only want more stuff....the mistake the dependent and their providers make is that there must be a producer in the mix....they care nothing about producers and in fact have done everything they can to destroy them,they have gone from the moral failing of expecting something for nothing to the insanity of expecting something from nothing.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/over-60000-welfare-spentper-household-poverty_657889.html
Over $60,000 in Welfare Spent Per Household in Poverty
New data compiled by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee shows that, last year, the United States spent over $60,000 to support welfare programs per each household that is in poverty. The calculations are based on data from the Census, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Congressional Research Services.
"According to the Census’s American Community Survey, the number of households with incomes below the poverty line in 2011 was 16,807,795," the Senate Budget Committee notes. "If you divide total federal and state spending by the number of households with incomes below the poverty line, the average spending per household in poverty was $61,194 in 2011."
This dollar figure is almost three times the amount the average household on poverty lives on per year. "If the spending on these programs were converted into cash, and distributed exclusively to the nation’s households below the poverty line, this cash amount would be over 2.5 times the federal poverty threshold for a family of four, which in 2011 was $22,350 (see table in
this link)," the Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee note.
To be clear, not all households living below the poverty line receive $61,194 worth of assistance per year. After all, many above the poverty line also receive benefits from social welfare programs (e.g. pell grants).
But if welfare is meant to help bring those below the poverty line to a better place, it helps demonstrate that numbers do not add up.
As for the welfare programs, the Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee note:
