How can this be? Basically...more people are going on welfare assistance than are losing jobs? For a net gain of 5 million? From http://confoundedinterest.wordpress...jobs-report-underemployment-rate-rises-to-15/ Also- Employed July 2010- 139,139K July 2012- 142,220K Net +3M workers Food Stamps + Disability Net +6M on welfare Welfare outpacing job growth 2 to 1!
http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/34SNAPmonthly.htm May 2012 46,496,788 May 2010 40,801,591 Nearly 6M+ JUST in food stamp recipients. This does not include disability insurance.
Report on disability insurance. http://news.investors.com/article/6...ility-climbs-faster-than-jobs-under-obama.htm http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/dibStat.html
Your numbers are taken from a much broader number than the labor force so you are unfairly trying to compare two different sets of numbers. If one guy loses his job, or gets a pay cut, it might mean 4 people go on food stamps. Nonetheless, there is no doubt the recession has been, as they always are, harshest to the poorest.
