Editor-In-Chief
HARLINGEN, Texas - The grouches here and in other Rio Grande Valley communities like to talk about the overweight Hispanic mom who rolls her snack-laden grocery store shopping cart to the checkout register and, upon being given the total for her goods, quickly flashes her Lone Star food stamps card with a smile, sees her groceries bagged and is soon off for the drive home.
But the Valley is not part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's latest survey, which shows Texas is not on the Top 10 list of citizen recipients. The country's economy is still in a struggle, and many unemployed Americans have turned to welfare services such as the food stamps program to feed themselves and their families. It is socialism at its best.
Here are the Top 10 states that get the lion's share of the stamps, with the percentage of their population on the government culinary dole.
1.) Mississippi... 20.7%
2.) Oregon... 20.1%
3.) Tennessee... 19.8%
4.) Michigan... 19.8%
5.) New Mexico... 19.8%
6.) Louisiana... 19.2%
7.) Kentucky... 18.8%
8.) West. Virginia... 18.7%
9.) Maine... 18.6%
10.) South Carolina... 18%
We could take it a step farther and tell you that most of those Top 10 states are so-called "Red" states dominated by Republicans, but we won't...
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17 comments:
All good info. as always with the Tribune. We in the valley get slammed for being poor and being on government this and that, but, well, it looks like everybody else is too!
UPDATE:...The Tribune was offline most of last night and this morning because of technical difficulties. It appears the problem has now been resolved, although we lost most of our Thursday postings. We're told they may yet come back. In any case, that explains our delay in posting today's material... - Editor
I wouldn't worry too much about being late. The Trib has a loyal following and we can wait. We know there's always good stuff to read. Yeah, read! Thankz
Food stamps are a part of life in Harlingen. everybody has them or it seems that way. i hear you can get hem on the black market over on f street after dark. No big deal to me. people and kids get hungry.
It's not to bad when a woman pays with food stamps but some men in town also do it. I think that is pathetic. A man can work somewhere! And these are healthy looking guys who look like they should be digging ditches somewhere. That burns me up!
I'm surprised to see Oregon on that fod samps list. Nothing buy loggers out there. Not many families, right? maine? don't hear too much about that state, but man they have some great fishing up there!
Brownsville gives you food stamps when you move in if you promise to stay for one year. LOL!!!
The U.S. of America is in Brankrupcy and nOT Good paying jobs, We are so poor ... Enjoy " Pigging - Out " --- WELFARE QUEENS and KINGS !!!
El mundo llora. Ya no puede. How much longer can the world feed us? Not much. Get ready for the end.
To the editor, their are more anglo people on food stamps, than hispanics or Afro-Americans. In fact, that is what keeps WallMart and HEB in business.nol
Very Good post, informative, America needs to help it's citizens, not some country that wants to destroy our way of life.con
KING CANUTE:...The myth in America is that mostly Blacks and Hispanics drain the welfare programs. No so. Historically, it has been the Anglo availing himself of these benefits. That comes from government statistics, although Anglos will tell you that there are more Anglos in the population, hence the bigger numbers from their side of the taxpayer-funded dining room... - Editor
Editors note: The GOP is in the pocketts of big oil, I saw Orrin H. defending big oil profits. Someone should take this guys behind the barn and paddle their behind. Thiefs in suits, correct if I am wrong, but are their any minorities in the US Senate?
This was data ranked by states...could you break it down by counites within Texas? I have always heard how bad it was here but never really heard Texas had a problem as you noted.
Voice, you can get that data off the Internet, dude. Texas.gov.com. Then go to dept. of Human services. Easy.
What I would like to see are statistics that break down Food Stamp and other welfare subsidies by COUNTY and see where the utilization predominates. I suspect that welfare allocations, per capita, are skewed considerably higher in "border" counties. Can you provide THESE stats for us, Mr. Paz-Martinez?
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