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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1325748" data-attributes="member: 40736">1. Who Gets Food Stamps:Children: 45%Disabled: 11%Elderly: 8%Veterans: 2%Adults /c Children 20%------------------------------Total 87%47% of the remainder were working at least one job.By Race:White: 36%Black: 22%Hispanic: 10%2. Who gets entitlement benefits:Elderly: 53%Diabled: 20%Working Poor: 18% (Below poverty level)-----------------Total: 91%3. Who Get Tax Expenditure Benefits:Top 1% = 23%Top 20% = 66%Middle 60% = 31%Bottom 20% = 2.8%4. Cost of welfare = $282.9-billion, includes TANF, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Public Housing, WIC, Head Start, and the Social Service Block Grant.5. Annual Subsides To Industries:Farm = $16 billionAirline = $68 billionOil = $35 billion.Coal = $86 billionNatural Gas = $100 billionEthanol = $173 billionFlood Insurance = $12 billionTotal = $490 billionIndirect Oil/Gas Subsidies: Federal, State and Local Subsidies including Tax breaks, Delpletion Allowance, Oil Pipelines, Monitoring, Remote Sensing/Mapping (USGS), etc. less environmental costs: per gallon = $2.25Gas consumption: 138-billion gallons per year.Total Cost of Oil subsidies = $310 billion.Total Direct/Indirect Subsidies to Business: $800 billion</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1325748, member: 40736"] 1. Who Gets Food Stamps: Children: 45% Disabled: 11% Elderly: 8% Veterans: 2% Adults /c Children 20% ------------------------------ Total 87% 47% of the remainder were working at least one job. By Race: White: 36% Black: 22% Hispanic: 10% 2. Who gets entitlement benefits: Elderly: 53% Diabled: 20% Working Poor: 18% (Below poverty level) ----------------- Total: 91% 3. Who Get Tax Expenditure Benefits: Top 1% = 23% Top 20% = 66% Middle 60% = 31% Bottom 20% = 2.8% 4. Cost of welfare = $282.9-billion, includes TANF, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Public Housing, WIC, Head Start, and the Social Service Block Grant. 5. Annual Subsides To Industries: Farm = $16 billion Airline = $68 billion Oil = $35 billion. Coal = $86 billion Natural Gas = $100 billion Ethanol = $173 billion Flood Insurance = $12 billion Total = $490 billion Indirect Oil/Gas Subsidies: Federal, State and Local Subsidies including Tax breaks, Delpletion Allowance, Oil Pipelines, Monitoring, Remote Sensing/Mapping (USGS), etc. less environmental costs: per gallon = $2.25 Gas consumption: 138-billion gallons per year. Total Cost of Oil subsidies = $310 billion. Total Direct/Indirect Subsidies to Business: $800 billion [/QUOTE]

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