<VV> Hope and Change in Action

[Seth Emerson]

I suggest that you reply to that message with the following

Tell him:

2012 budget numbers 
(source - usgovernmentspending.com)

Defense - 25%
Health care 23%
Pensions 22%
Welfare 12%
Education 3%
Interest 6%


In 2011 Welfare was 13%

Of course, to hear you, he would have to remove his head from where it is now!

Seth Emerson


Ken Pepke <kenpepke at juno.com> wrote:

>
>HOPE to loose your job so you can 
>CHANGE your income to WELFARE?
>
>The following came to me yesterday …
>
>Ken P
>Wyandotte, MI
>65 Monza 110hp 4 speed 2 door
>Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.
>
>
>
> 
>The key to Obama's political future:  welfare dependency.
> 
> 
> 
>Mike Huckabee
> 
>Last month, the Senate Budget Committee reports that in fiscal year 2011, between food stamps, housing support, child care, Medicaid and other benefits, the average US household below the poverty line received $168 a day in government support.
> 
>What’s the problem with that much support?
> 
>Well, the median household income in America is just over $50,000, which averages out to $137.13 a day
>. 
>To put it in a way we can all understand,  being on welfare now pays the equivalent of $30 an hour for a 40-hour week, while the average job pays $25 an hour.  
> BUT NOTE -   the person who works also has to pay taxes, which effectively drops his pay to $21 an hour. 
> 
>It’s no wonder that welfare is now the biggest part of the Obama budget, more than Social Security or defense. And why would anyone want to get off welfare when working pays $9 an hour less? 
>
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