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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Simple Chart To Share With Anyone Who Complains About People On Welfare
http://www.upworthy.com/a-simple-chart-to-share-with-anyone-who-complains-about-people-on-welfare?c=upw1Families receiving public assistance spend on average less than half as much as families that don't receive public assistance. Considering those very moderate figures, it's safe to say that most of the folks represented by the red bars aren't on welfare for selfish personal gain, but because they actually need the support.
These numbers also prompt important questions about opportunity in the U.S. For example, families that don't receive public assistance spend an average 382% more on insurance and retirement than families that rely on public assistance. How might a family's ability, or lack thereof, to invest in the future impact economic mobility for their future generations?
But the numbers aside, instead of pointing fingers at poor people and spreading false generalizations about them, wouldn't we be much better off working together to ensure all families have a fair chance at healthy, productive, and fulfilled lives or was I living in a cave when the Golden Rule was overruled?
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A Simple Chart To Share With Anyone Who Complains About People On Welfare (Original Post)
eridani
May 2014
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. k&r for the truth. n/t
-Laelth
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)2. The picture there looks bleak for everyone if accurate
median household income is $51K. The average spend for families not on public assistance, there? That adds up to over $60K. Either this represents a sample earning 20% more than median or the problem of consumer debt is only going to get worse.
gilpo
(708 posts)3. Those are averages, not medians
So the top households skew the housing spending greatly and the other categories to a lesser degree.
eridani
(51,907 posts)4. True, and the medians would make the situation look much worse
Not sure why they didn't use them.