In spite of the prevailing stereotypes and assumptions about who uses SNAP Food Stamp benefits the most in the United States, the highest usage is not in Compton, Queens, nor the South Side of Chicago. Instead, a city that is 99.22% white and 95% Republican comes in the lead. Owsley County, Kentucky is a community of about 5,000, residents earning the lowest median household income in the country outside of Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Census.
http://politicalblindspot.com/the-fo...nd-republican/
Not vouching for the veracity of this article. I'm sure people will chime in with their stats.
It's just the result of redistribution of wealth, something all card carrying progressives are for. But you know, sometimes I think they don't want it redistributed equally. Just a feeling I have...
I'm not playing that game with you. Go pretend somewhere else.Doc Savage Fan said:This is getting interesting. Please show me where the GOP's platform has turned poverty into a "racial thing".emperus said:I don't know your politics, so I will assume you are equally outraged at the GOP's platform in as much as the way they turn poverty into a "racial thing".
The post was clearly meant to call out the hypocrisy of those in the Republican party.
Gawd. What a load of horseshit attribution. Which wealthy Dems "refuse" to pay taxes?
Not surprising. The midwest is littered with small towns with high government support. Many of the towns in my area were huge in the 1940's during the coal boom. The towns had trolleys (like in San Francisco), 12 story brick buildings, a large residential area, large train stations, and a population of well over 80,000. Now the towns are around 7k with very little opportunity. Most of the surrounding towns are 95%+ white. Certain parts of Kentucky have long been known as the most impoverished part of the US.
Turning this into a racial thing is kind of gross.
Nothing hypocritical about it.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125918497
Seriously? This was a pretty big topic. Wealthy democrats claimed taxes on wealthy should increase but despite the legal ability to voluntarily pay more in taxes, they failed to do so. That is at least as hypocritical as someone on food stamps who says food stamps should be eliminated or reduced.
The above, of course, wouldn't prove republicans aren't hypocrites, just that democrats are too. However, we don't know if the people in the town mentioned want to eliminate/reduce food stamps, so they might not be hypocrites.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125918497
Seriously? This was a pretty big topic. Wealthy democrats claimed taxes on wealthy should increase but despite the legal ability to voluntarily pay more in taxes, they failed to do so. That is at least as hypocritical as someone on food stamps who says food stamps should be eliminated or reduced.
The above, of course, wouldn't prove republicans aren't hypocrites, just that democrats are too. However, we don't know if the people in the town mentioned want to eliminate/reduce food stamps, so they might not be hypocrites.
Nothing hypocritical about it.
Class traitors? Sure.
Hypocritical? No.
They are lobbying that, and this is key, so read it slowly if necessary, all wealthy people pay higher taxes. They are trying to change tax policy.
Absolute doublespeak. Those people haven't refused to pay their taxes at all. They advocate for higher taxes on themselves & others like them, believing that leading by example won't make a significant difference, certainly not to anti-tax ravers like yourself.
They may, in truth, actually pay a higher % in taxes by not rabidly exploiting every tax loophole that the truly wealthy seem to love so much.
Nothing hypocritical about it.
Class traitors? Sure.
Hypocritical? No.
They are lobbying that, and this is key, so read it slowly if necessary, all wealthy people pay higher taxes. They are trying to change tax policy.
I didn't state they refuse to pay taxes at all, I stated they refuse to pay what they claim is their fair share of taxes based on their level o wealth.
If they are justified in failing to voluntarily pay more taxes because other wealthy people won't, then poor rebublicans are justified in failing to decline food stamps because other poor people won't.
When this topic runs its course, let's talk about why the income in Owsley County, Kentucky is so low. You know, the root cause from a political perspective?
Looks like they had two primary sources of income: (1) coal mining and (2) tabacco farming.
Says the govt bought out the tabacco farms. So those are gone along with the jobs.
Coal mining appears to have stopped as well.
Fern
Asked & answered, repeatedly. It's because nobody asked them to pay and because it wouldn't make a significant difference if they alone did so. Unlike many Righties, they realize that they're not the center of the universe.
Utterly specious. None of the ebil libruhls here have really said that poor republicans should decline food stamps. I just can't figure out why they think they're Republicans. Supporting ideology that would leave your own children hungry makes no sense except maybe in Glenbeckistan.
Thanks for the info. I figured coal but I forgot about tobacco. Our government has a real knack for putting people out of work.Looks like they had two primary sources of income: (1) coal mining and (2) tabacco farming.
Says the govt bought out the tabacco farms. So those are gone along with the jobs.
Coal mining appears to have stopped as well.
Fern
The point of this thread is to decry ebil consherbatibs for accepting food stamps when they claim food stamp policy changes are necessary. Nobody asked them to decline food stamps and it wouldn't do any good if they alone declined them.
Based on your last two sentences, you should be agreeing with my argument, not trying to refute it, so I'm moving on.
Thanks for the info. I figured coal but I forgot about tobacco. Our government has a real knack for putting people out of work.
Coal mining hasn't stopped. Strip mining and machines have replaced the rabble.Looks like they had two primary sources of income: (1) coal mining and (2) tabacco farming.
Says the govt bought out the tabacco farms. So those are gone along with the jobs.
Coal mining appears to have stopped as well.
Fern
So, you think we should go back to tobacco quotas & price supports? What about the sacred Free Market?
how, in what he said, is he in any way advocating that?
residents earning the lowest median household income in the country outside of Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Census
Not vouching for the veracity of this article. I'm sure people will chime in with their stats.
1011 Democrats and 2056 Republicans is not "95% Republican." Owsley County also does not have the highest percentage of food stamp recipients, although it is near the top of the list.
I don't know if anyone has done real research on which political party's voters consume the most benefits, nor do I really care. It's just not an interesting or useful metric, and I would be shocked if it changed a single person's opinion about SNAP or other benefits programs.