America has turned into a handout nation, record 236 million people collecting some form of assistance from the Government…”Are we on the brink of an economic collapse?”
by: Amy Goodrich
NaturalNews.com
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
As the United States is still slowly recovering from the Great Recession, more Americans must rely on our nation’s safety net programs for their survival. As reported by Scholars Strategy Network, about one in four Americans live below or just above the federal poverty line.
The slow recovery and soaring unemployment level have not only pushed those already impoverished further down the road, many formerly middle-class families are also struggling to keep their heads above water. Today the combined enrollment in America’s four largest safety net programs has reached a new all-time record high, reported The Economic Collapse Blog.
Though Bernie Sanders called President Trump’s decision to cut the budget for government aid programs “immoral” in an editorial by CNN, the question we should really be focusing on is whether it is moral to steal more than a hundred million dollars from Americans to pay for these programs. That is the debate we should really be discussing.
Whether we should abandon fellow Americans who are having a hard time is a tough call to make. Haven’t we been taught to help each other through difficult times? Can we really turn our back on those who need our help the most?
As it stands today, more than 74 million Americans are on Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program). Some 58 million rely on Medicare and more than 60 million Americans are on Social Security. Add the 44 million Americans who are on food stamps and you get a grand total of 236 million people who receive funding from a government aid program.
Since there is an overlap between the various programs, meaning the same individual can be enrolled in more than one program, experts estimated the number of actual people receiving benefits from the government to be well over 100 million people.
Are we on the brink of an economic collapse?
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