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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
Stereotypically , Republicans used to blame minorities for abusing welfare .
Meanwhile white Americans are the biggest disability beneficiaries out there
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What is your source? The data I've seen suggests the complete opposite. There are other things like short term and long term recipients.
It's true more white people received welfare benefits than non white people, but that's because this country is 75% white.
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Though rates of participation are higher among people of color, white people comprise the greatest number of recipients when measured by race.
Given the population of the United States in 2012 and the annual rate of participation by race reported by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2015, about 35 million white people participated in one of the six major government assistance programs that year. That's about 11 million more than the 24 million Hispanics and Latinos who participated and considerably more than the 20 million black people who received government aid.
In fact, most white people receiving benefits are enrolled in Medicaid. According to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 42% of non-elderly Medicaid enrollees in 2015 were white. However, U.S. Department of Agriculture data for 2013 shows that the largest racial group participating in SNAP is also white people, at more than 40%.
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https://www.thoughtco.com/who-really...elfare-4126592