The soft bigotry of low expectations is far worse than telling people, regardless of race, that boot strapping is better for you in the long run. Vs staying on govt assistance you're whole life.
Please, a lot of our taxes & paychecks go towards the Elderly's retirement, School children, the Disabled, and Veterans.
Leave it to Republicans to pick on the Elderly, Children, the Disabled, and the Veterans.
https://www.americanprogress.org/is...-about-americans-who-receive-public-benefits/
Fact: Many beneficiaries of low-income public benefits programs are elderly and disabled
As noted above, Social Security and Medicare account for much of our nation’s spending on public benefits. But other programs not specifically designated for the elderly reach a significant number of them as well as Americans with disabilities. The biggest programs demonstrate this point. Among those Americans receiving food assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 36 percent of households have an elderly or disabled person. When it comes to Medicaid, in 2008, 65 percent of payments were for those 65 and over, blind, or disabled.
https://www.americanprogress.org/is...9/12/04/478034/caring-u-s-veterans-plan-2020/
The VA’s budget for FY 2020 is $220.2 billion, an increase of 9.6 percent over that of FY 2019. It is the second largest government agency, trailing only the DOD.16 The VA’s budget comprises two components: $97 billion in discretionary funding and $122 billion in mandatory funding.17 The VHA is part of the discretionary budget and accounts for approximately $80 billion, or about 40 percent of the total VA budget. The VA has around 370,000 employees, provides services to approximately 9 million veterans each year, and maintains 172 medical centers and 1,200 health care facilities.1
https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-...-income-veterans-including-thousands-in-every
SNAP Helps 1.3 Million Low-Income Veterans, Including Thousands in Every State
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JANUARY 8, 2020
BYBRYNNE KEITH-JENNINGS LEXIN CAI
https://www.americanprogress.org/is...9/12/04/478034/caring-u-s-veterans-plan-2020/
The Post-9/11 GI Bill has paid for nearly 1 million veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to go to school at a cost of about $30 billion since 2009, but the federal government has yet to document how many of those students graduated, much less whether they stayed in school.
https://publicintegrity.org/nationa...-11-veterans-without-tracking-their-progress/
Post-9/11 Vets Have Far Higher Disability Ratings Than Prior Generations: Report
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Marine Sgt. Ivan Sears, a small arms technician with Wounded Warrior Battalion East, participates in yoga during the 360 Leadership Resiliency Skills Program July 27, 2017 at Joint Base Sam Houston, Texas. Sears is a bilateral double amputee, which he sustained from an improvised explosive device during a deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo/Tomora Nance)
Marine Sgt. Ivan Sears, a small arms technician with Wounded Warrior Battalion East, participates in yoga during the 360 Leadership Resiliency Skills Program July 27, 2017 at Joint Base Sam Houston, Texas. Sears is a bilateral double amputee, which he sustained from an improvised explosive device during a deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo/Tomora Nance)
25 Mar 2019
Military.com | By Richard Sisk
Post-9/11 active-duty veterans have disability rates significantly higher than those of previous generations, according to a government report.
About 41 percent of those who served after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in Afghanistan, Iraq and other war zones have disability ratings from the Department of Veterans Affairs, compared to 25 percent of veterans of other eras, according to the annual survey of veterans employment and status by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
https://www.military.com/daily-news...ability-ratings-prior-generations-report.html
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The Nation Spends $649 Billion on K-12. How Much Does Your State Spend?
By Daarel Burnette II on January 9, 2018 5:32 PM
American taxpayers spent close to $649 billion on its K-12 schools in 2015. That's according to a new survey released by the National Center for Education Statistics.
That's up 3 percent from the $628 billion the country spent in fiscal year 2014, according to the Jan. 9 report (that does not include facilities costs).
https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sta...w_much_does_america_spend_on_its_schools.html