Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Which State Has the Highest Food Stamp Usage of All?

if we reversed the ranking and did a Self-Reliance Index, Virginia, Florida, and Georgia would score in the top 10. Nevada, arguably the nation’s most libertarian state, is the state with the lowest number of non-poor people signed up for welfare.
A few quick observations. Why is Vermont (by far) the state with the largest proportion of non-poor people signed up for welfare programs? I have no idea, but maybe this explains why they elect people like Bernie Sanders. But it’s not just Vermont. Four of the top five states on the Moocher Index are from the Northeast, as are six of the top nine.

I'd never heard of the (aptly named) Moocher Index.  I found it while walking this trail

The food stamp program seems to be a breeding ground of waste, fraud, and abuse. Some of the horror stories I’ve shared include:

With stories like this, I’m surprised my head didn’t explode during this debate I did on Larry Kudlow’s show.

So exactly how bad is the food stamp program? (Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall continued)




8 comments:

Chuck Martel said...

Vermont and Maine beat West Virgina?

Anonymous said...

I got behind a truck last week owned by one of these companies that sells "gourmet" beef door-to-door, and in a box in the lower left of the logo it said "We accept EBT".
Your tax dollars at work.
wildbill

secede said...

weird? vermont was the first state with constitutional carry.

that's weird.

Flyfish said...

Maine has many thousands of loggers put out of work by tree huggers and lots of Somalis invited by tree huggers. I'm surprised the number is so low.

LargeBill said...

End ALL public assistance programs immediately!!!1834 dswerh

Helly said...

When acquaintances hear that I'm from Vermont, they often ask, 'Helen, what do you miss most after moving to Florida?'

Not. One. Damned. Thing.

Anonymous said...

So how come Nevada keeps sending Harry Reid back to the Senate?

jd

Skoonj said...

jd, that's simple. The unions. SEIU and the Culinary Workers own the vote. Theey maintain voting machines, and bus Democrats from the hotels to the polls. The workers are paid for their time away for that. And Reid promised to save the casinos from the big, bad online poker sites, so they support him, big time. With two esceptions: Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson.

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