[ohio]

Bottom right table in particular. Shows the Teabagger stereotypes to be, well, wrong.

Just the confirm, those are the top 12 states in terms of % of income from government programs, right?

 

[Toshi]

Yup. Full o' white boys, largely, too (perhaps not MS).

 

[jdcamb]

Yup. Full o' white boys, largely, too (perhaps not MS).

Hrrmmm I forgot that white boys are immune from poverty....

 

[Toshi]

Hrrmmm I forgot that white boys are immune from poverty....

The implication by the Tea Party crowd is pretty strong that minority (black and Hispanic alike these days) "moochers" are to blame for what ails us.

 

[jdcamb]

The implication by the Tea Party crowd is pretty strong that minority (black and Hispanic alike these days) "moochers" are to blame for what ails us.

We are all Moochers and that is what ails us. That and the Blame game....

 

[Toshi]

Cost perspective: the mortgage interest deduction, per David Leonhardt, saves top-1%ers $5,000/yr, doesn't benefit anyone taking a standard deduction (ie, middle class), and costs ~$80B/yr.

HUD's tenant based rental assistance program costs about ~$17B/yr.

 

[dante]

Cost perspective: the mortgage interest deduction, per David Leonhardt, saves top-1%ers $5,000/yr, doesn't benefit anyone taking a standard deduction (ie, middle class), and costs ~$80B/yr.

HUD's tenant based rental assistance program costs about ~$17B/yr.

Can't we just cut our military by $80b (10%) and be done with it?

 

[Toshi]

Why do you hate America?! Gotta support our troops/NSA/FBI/CIA/billions in "aid" to shady regimes/shady contractors at all costs, no matter how exorbitant, ya know