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1/3 Population of Puerto Rico Gets Food Stamps From US Government - $2 Billion In 2012
CNS News ^
| May 10, 2013
| Elizabeth Harrington
Posted on 05/12/2013 8:40:24 AM PDT by SeminoleCounty
(CNSNews.com) The feral government spent more than $2 billion to provide Puerto Rico in food stamps in 2012, up to 25% of it is untraceable because it is distributed in cash and there is "no way to verify that funds are being spent on food" according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). The funds are used to provide more than one-third of the population of Puerto Rico with food stamps
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: amnesty; assistance; government; hispanics
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Just something to remember when Amnesty Liberal GOP claim "Illegal Alien Amnesty will bring in the Hispanic vote". Puerto Ricans are US citizens... so Illegal Alien Amnesty does not affect them. Government assistance.... well....different story.
To: All
Note that it is the “federal” and not “feral” government. Posted first time w new tablet. I goofed up a little
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posted on
05/12/2013 8:44:05 AM PDT
by
SeminoleCounty
(GOP - Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
To: SeminoleCounty
I’ve got an idea. Lets make them a state. That way we can provide more.....(s)
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posted on
05/12/2013 8:44:31 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: SeminoleCounty
I thought your first spelling was perfect!
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posted on
05/12/2013 8:45:40 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: SeminoleCounty
Somehow feral seems appropriate...
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posted on
05/12/2013 8:46:38 AM PDT
by
The Bard
(http://www.myfbc.com)
To: SeminoleCounty
and these clowns want complete statehood? They’re lazy and useless.
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posted on
05/12/2013 9:01:45 AM PDT
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
To: SeminoleCounty
Move them all to one side of the island and let it capsize.
/s
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posted on
05/12/2013 9:03:08 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: SeminoleCounty
This illustrates what America must do, and soon.
We need to return jobs to AMERICA.
We need to tax imports, and return American jobs. What we are doing now, is simply to sell-out to China.
China is meanwhile, now leading America in exports.
Bring back US jobs, and tax imports.
To: SeminoleCounty
I wonder how much they were hurt by sequester
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posted on
05/12/2013 9:07:29 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
To: illiac
“Ive got an idea. Lets make them a state. That way we can provide more.....(s)”
Well, heck . . . let’s just make every backward, corrupt, Third World collection of ne’er-do-wells a “state” and get it over with.
OTOH, why not take our 50 states, and have them apply to become states of the nation of Puerto Rico. They can send their tax money to us to squander. Heck, we wouldn’t even have to learn Spanish.
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posted on
05/12/2013 9:14:13 AM PDT
by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
To: SeminoleCounty
only a 1/3??? i'd of guessed more like 2/3...
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posted on
05/12/2013 9:16:23 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: SeminoleCounty
One third get food stamps and more get taxpayer paid Social Security Disability or SSI, probably one half. The PR is a very costly possession. They can’t vote in federal elections but already get all the freebies.
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posted on
05/12/2013 9:32:00 AM PDT
by
RicocheT
(Eat the rich only if you're certain it's your last meal)
To: SeminoleCounty
What is the cost of living in Puerto Rico? It seems to me, that since 1/3 of the people are on food stamps, that the cost of living must be quite a bit lower there than here, and therefore, one isn’t necessarily living in poverty to reach the income level to receive the benefits.
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posted on
05/12/2013 9:41:48 AM PDT
by
Grammy
To: Chode
only a 1/3??? i'd of guessed more like 2/3...
Why?
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posted on
05/12/2013 9:59:45 AM PDT
by
Half Vast Conspiracy
(Based on a letter from an 8 year oldÂ…school is now illegal...'cuz itÂ’s yuckey and dumb'.)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
Please explain how taxing me will prevent Puerto Ricans from collecting food stamps. Thanks in advance.
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posted on
05/12/2013 10:05:30 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Grammy
Gasoline is higher. Toll roads are everywhere.
Driving is an insanity...
To: Half Vast Conspiracy
there was a time when i used to have to go to Cayey now and again for work, it just seemed like a very high rate of people NOT working everywhere i went...
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posted on
05/12/2013 10:13:46 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: 1rudeboy
Give him a Turing Test, it might show he’s not an idiot, he’s a computer.
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posted on
05/12/2013 10:17:06 AM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
To: Toddsterpatriot
It's getting crazy enough to the point that, you can't discuss a serious economic problem without someone parachuting in and whining about tariffs, and how they are not high enough.
Is anyone listening? These people want to take more money out of your wallets in the name of "prosperity."
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posted on
05/12/2013 10:20:55 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Chode
That was not my experience when I traveled there. I’ve also worked with many Puerto Ricans in the military...good guys all.
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posted on
05/12/2013 10:22:02 AM PDT
by
Half Vast Conspiracy
(Based on a letter from an 8 year oldÂ…school is now illegal...'cuz itÂ’s yuckey and dumb'.)
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