From ThinkProgress: It turns out that 96 percent of Americans have used government assistance at one point or another in their lives, ranging from Social Security to grant programs. In a New York Times op-ed Monday, Professors Suzanne Mettler and John Sides point out that a vast majority of Americans…
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MHP had a brilliant show this morning. Fantastic discussion. GOP parrot Monica Mehta’s staggering ignorance and parroting of unsupported GOP talking points had me retorting at the TV rather vigorously all morning. But MHP and the rest of the panel was having none of it. Monica needs to be educated…
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CMP originally posted these stats back in January. But as Romney amplifies his racial rhetoric, the stats bear repeating again. 70% of Welfare and Public Assistance Recipients are White; 66.66% of Food Stamp Recipients are White From The Root: White Americans, poor and middle-class alike, receive the vast majority of…
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