Why Americans Die So Much Earlier Than Other Developed Nations

Alligatorob said:
Thanks Diva, good post and very interesting article.

One thing I found in the article that was particularly troubling:

The following listing of states has more residents that receive welfare versus an employed population.

1. California
2. New Mexico
3. Hawaii
4. Mississippi
5. Alabama
6. South Carolina
7. Illinois
8. Kentucky
9. Ohio
10. New York
11. Maine

That just does not seem sustainable to me, how can a minority of the population generate enough income and taxes to support a majority on welfare? Seems like a big problem to me.
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Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.

Q: Do 11 states now have more people on welfare than they have employed?​
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A: A viral email making this claim is off base. It distorts a Forbes article that compares private-sector workers with those “dependent on the government,” including government workers and pensioners, and Medicaid recipients — not just “people on welfare.”​
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The author of that article hasn't even mastered basic grammar. This sentence is way wrong:
The following listing of states has more residents that receive welfare versus an employed population.
 

Alligatorob said:
Thanks Diva, good post and very interesting article.

One thing I found in the article that was particularly troubling:

The following listing of states has more residents that receive welfare versus an employed population.

1. California
2. New Mexico
3. Hawaii
4. Mississippi
5. Alabama
6. South Carolina
7. Illinois
8. Kentucky
9. Ohio
10. New York
11. Maine

That just does not seem sustainable to me, how can a minority of the population generate enough income and taxes to support a majority on welfare? Seems like a big problem to me.
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California has a population of 40 million. According to the link provided "There are approximately 12.8 million Americans on welfare, accounting for 4.1% of the US population. " Supposedly, California has one third or approximately 4 million of all welfare recipients. But according to California's govt stats, the state had 16 million employed as of last year in all occupations: California - May 2020 OEWS State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (bls.gov). Therefore, the link provided to show welfare stats is completely skewed. Thus, it is not a "big problem", it is completely bogus.
 

I have never been on welfare, but was on unemployment in the mid1980s. I met all the requirements, found job listings etc, but had no luck with employment. I felt paralyzed. A couple of days after the benefits ended, I got a job selling furniture. It was a job that I would never have considered during the benefits. The boss was ten years younger than me and the compensation was lousy, but it kept me alive. After a few months, I found a job at the local university (UF) where I was taking courses. I've been employed ever since, until retirement.

I don't know if this has a moral. I was single guy, not someone struggling to support a family. I can't honestly say that I understand what that must be like. The only thing I know, is that government assistance had an inverse effect on employment for me.
 
I worked for private military contractors that were rewarded contracts from the government, so it was public funding... it was dependent on the government. I wonder if they considered that "welfare." I think it's okay if the money is used to blow stuff up.
 
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