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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 01:18:03 2010 edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Got 50 million on Medicaid, 40 million getting food stamps, and a 40 percent rise in welfare cases. USA Today Record number in government anti-poverty programs By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand. More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That's up at least 17% since the recession began in December 2007. "Virtually every Medicaid director in the country would say that their current enrollment is the highest on record," says Vernon Smith of Health Management Associates, which surveys states for Kaiser Family Foundation. The program has grown even before the new health care law adds about 16 million people, beginning in 2014. That has strained doctors. "Private physicians are already indicating that they're at their limit," says Dan Hawkins of the National Association of Community Health Centers. More than 40 million people get food stamps, an increase of nearly 50% during the economic downturn, according to government data through May. The program has grown steadily for three years. Caseloads have risen as more people become eligible. The economic stimulus law signed by President Obama last year also boosted benefits. "This program has proven to be incredibly responsive and effective," says Ellin Vollinger of the Food Research and Action Center. Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance, nearly four times the number from 2007. Benefits have been extended by Congress eight times beyond the basic 26-week program, enabling the long-term unemployed to get up to 99 weeks of benefits. Caseloads peaked at nearly 12 million in January — "the highest numbers on record," says Christine Riordan of the National Employment Law Project, which advocates for low-wage workers. More than 4.4 million people are on welfare, an 18% increase during the recession. The program has grown slower than others, causing Brookings Institution expert Ron Haskins to question its effectiveness in the recession. As caseloads for all the programs have soared, so have costs. The federal price tag for Medicaid has jumped 36% in two years, to $273 billion. Jobless benefits have soared from $43 billion to $160 billion. The food stamps program has risen 80%, to $70 billion. Welfare is up 24%, to $22 billion. Taken together, they cost more than Medicare. The steady climb in safety-net program caseloads and costs has come as a result of two factors: The recession has boosted the number who qualify under existing rules. And the White House, Congress and states have expanded eligibility and benefits. Conservatives fear expanded safety-net programs won't contract after the economy recovers. "They're much harder to unwind in the long term," says Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. Other anti-poverty experts say the record caseloads are a necessary response to economic hardship. "We should be there to support people when the economy can't," says LaDonna Pavetti of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-leaning think tank.
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Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Wed Sep 1 01:19:57 2010, in response to One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 01:18:03 2010.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Amazing what happens when your own torpedoes your own economy, eh?
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:21:11 2010, in response to One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 01:18:03 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d times are very hard today for the less fortunate
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa* on Wed Sep 1 01:21:28 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:19:57 2010.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Or its Obama's way to guarantee Democratic wins in November!
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Posted by SelkirkTMO* on Wed Sep 1 01:23:10 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 01:21:28 2010.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Then wouldn't he have assured at least 51% getting those checks? And I thought you blew me off ... are we getting back together again? I don't see no ring! :)
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:24:40 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:23:10 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d thats how he does he blows you off then sneaks back IN
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:26:00 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:19:57 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d right wing madness SelkirkTMO
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:27:33 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:24:40 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d That's why we have GUNS upstate ... and if I don't see no ring, then he'll have to buy one from the church lady. :)
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:28:20 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:26:00 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Pity his peeps sold out America to China for ... how much?
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:29:35 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:27:33 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d even she will run away kicking and screaming
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:30:10 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:28:20 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d too much
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:30:14 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:29:35 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Ah well ... I will NOT be left at the altar. :)
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:30:58 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 01:30:14 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d right on
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 01:38:18 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:26:00 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d left wing madness!
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 01:39:43 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:30:10 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Yes it is, like these folks in Detriot waiting in line for Obama stash! You know they act like they don't know where its from, but they know, right Salaam?
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 01:42:13 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:24:40 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d I've never blown anyone! Unlike yourself when you were in prison! Assalami alaikum no pork my brother but pass the cookie cookie cracks! LOL
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:43:20 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 01:42:13 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d now you got proff / proof i was in prison you have really gone stark raving MAD
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 01:49:07 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 01:43:20 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d You keep reading and responding so you might not be wrapped to tight either! And it seems you passed on your lunacy to this guy also! LOL!
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 02:02:54 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 01:49:07 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d ???
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 02:03:47 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 01:49:07 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d now you got proff / proof i was in prison you have really gone stark raving MAD
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 02:06:44 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 02:03:47 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d So stop reading my posts and believing them!
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 02:14:24 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 02:06:44 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d now you got proff / proof i was in prison you have really gone stark raving MAD
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Posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 02:20:08 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 02:14:24 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d 3X
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Posted by salaamallah@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 1 02:21:52 2010, in response to Re: One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Mr Mabstoa on Wed Sep 1 02:20:08 2010. edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d now you got proff / proof i was in prison you have really gone stark raving MAD
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Posted by ClearAspect* on Wed Sep 1 05:18:45 2010, in response to One in six Americans receiving some kind of government assistace, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 01:18:03 2010.* edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d To think the Right thinks the UK is a nanny state....HA
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