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Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich
Not a supporter of giving out welfare like candy, but you really think there are more people on welfare than working people?
Roughly 155million in work force. 11+ million unemployed. ~4.5 million on welfare, ~46 million on food stamps. So, there are still over 90 million people working without government aid (govt aid numbers not including tax breaks, etc).
Really want to read some shocking numbers? http://www.statisticbrain.com/welfare-statistics/
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Without knowing the true numbers I was speaking more figuratively than literally. One thing however that does blow my mind with working in Emergency Services are the amount of people on Medicaid. I'm all for helping out the elderly, the disabled, and our veterans. But handing out to people who are not willing while the rest of us bust out backs to provide for us and them, I just have a hard time with that.