And by calling the Hispanic voters lazy and moochers in conservative and right wing radio and TV, guess what? This is the time to build bridges towards the demographics that didn't support the GOP, but instead they're pushing them away. If the GOP wants to win elections they need to run the right candidate and they'll need to appeal to the demographics that are growing at a faster rate then their base.
And before you say anything about Hispanics being moochers, there are moochers across all races and ethnicities. Here are some facts:
ercent of recipients who are white 38.8 % Percent of recipients who are black 39.8 % Percent of recipients who are Hispanic 15.7 % Percent of recipients who are Asian 2.4 % Percent of recipients who are Other 3.3 %
Total number of Americans on welfare 4,300,000 Total number of Americans on
food stamps 46,700,000 Total number of Americans on
unemployment insurance 5,600,000 Percent of the US population on welfare 4.1 % Total government spending on welfare annually (not including food stamps or unemployment) $131.9 billion
What's interesting is here you have people complaining about welfare spending, but don't have a problem spending $800 billion a year in defense.
More interesting info:
Food Stamp Statistics Data Total annual cost of food stamp program $71,800,000,000 Number of Americans using the food stamp program 46,670,373 Percent of population on food stamp program 14 %
Year Total Number of People Receiving Food Stamps Average Monthly Benefit 2011 44,709,000 $133.85 2000 17,194,000 $76.62 1990 20,049,000 $58.78 1980 21,082,000 $34.47 1969 2,878,000 $6.63
State Food Stamp Participation Rate 1 Mississippi 20.8 % 2 Tennessee 19.9 % 2 Oregon 19.9 % 4 New Mexico 19.8 % 5 Michigan 19.5 % 6 Louisiana 19.3 % 7 Alabama 19.1 % 8 Kentucky 18.8 % 9 West Virginia 18.5 % 9 Maine 18.5 % 11 Georgia 18.1 % 12 South Carolina 18 % 13 Arkansas 16.5 % 14 Arizona 16.4 % 15 Florida 16.1 % 15 Oklahoma 16.1 % 17 Missouri 15.6 % 18 Texas 15.4 % 19 Washington 15.5 % 20 New York 15.4 % 21 Rhode Island 15.2 % 22 Delaware 14.7 % 23 Vermont 14.6 % 24 Idaho 14.3 % 25 Wisconsin 14 % 26 Illinois 13.9 % 26 Ohio 13.9 % 26 North Carolina 13.9 % 29 Pennsylvania 13.4 % 29 Indiana 13.4 % 31 South Dakota 12.4 % 31 Montana 12.4 % 33 Massachusetts 12.3 % 34 Nevada 12.1 % 34 Iowa 12.1 % 36 Alaska 11.9 % 37 Hawaii 11.5 % 38 Maryland 11.4 % 39 Virginia 10.5 % 39 Connecticut 10.5 % 41 Kansas 10.3 % 42 Utah 10 % 43 California 9.7 % 44 Nebraska 9.4 % 45 Minnesota 9.4 % 45 Colorado 8.8 % 47 North Dakota 8.7 % 48 New Jersey 8.6 % 49 New Hampshire 8.5 % 50 Wyoming 6.3 %
If the Red states are truly Red because people believe in personal responsibility and don't want government assistance, why are they at the top of the list in participation rate? Shouldn't they be at the bottom of the list and the blue states, all those moochers that want the government to feed them be at the top?
Anyway, I do thank the GOP for demonizing the Hispanic population, as always, because the day will come when they will need us more than we need them.
Another Reason Obama Won
