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To: i-node who wrote (788244)	6/7/2014 1:34:59 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576761

Blacks receive a disproportionately large share of government benefits. But it is complicated and probably over your head. Looking, for example, at food stamps, 59% go to whites and 28% to blacks, which obviously (even to you) clearly indicates blacks receive a disproportionate share. You discount that blacks are MUCH poorer than whites, due to history and continuing discrimination. Fail. Given this, their share of the safety net is also a FAIL.

To: i-node who wrote (788244)	6/7/2014 7:28:53 AM
From: puborectalis	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576761

According to Moody's economist Mark Zandy, food stamps actually generate money, not waste it. The stimulus comes from freeing up money for other expenses. "For every dollar spent on that program $1.73 is generated throughout the economy," Zandy said in 2008. Of those that are considered able-bodied adults, half work. A large percentage of recipients are not expected to work because they are disabled, children, or elderly according to CBPP.