昨天美國人口統計局(Census Bureau)發布2015年度“市民收入和貧困報告”(Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015),近來人心惶惶,生計成了當前的議題,盡管全國經濟大抵穩定,但參差不齊的發展成了反對派攻擊當局、體製的強有力的理由,在這樣的環境下,此報告是對國家民生的一個關鍵的衡量,是大家等待已久的消息。
“This is a big deal,” President Barack Obama said at a campaign stop for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia. “More Americans are working, more have health insurance. Incomes are rising. Poverty is falling.”
In the 2000s, employment rates for young men with less than a four-year degree dropped sharply – more than in any other group. We have determined that, in general, they are not going back to school or switching careers, so what are they doing with their time? The hours that they are not working have been replaced almost one for one with leisure time. Seventy-five percent of this new leisure time falls into one category: video games.
Get a Job? Most Welfare Recipients Already Have One
"It’s poor-paying jobs, not unemployment, that strains the welfare system."
"“When companies pay too little for workers to provide for their families, workers rely on public assistance programs to meet their basic needs,” said Ken Jacobs, chairman of the university’s Center for Labor Research and Education and one of the report’s authors."
ahhhh2016-09-14 10:34:57回複悄悄話
able-bodied single male 為啥會 with no dependent children?都被閹了嗎?
有娃,照樣hanging out and drinking, and doing drugs, collecting welfare instead of working。有什麽矛盾?
他們自己的爹就是這樣的啊。
Myth: “I see these guys all the time, hanging out and drinking, and doing drugs, collecting welfare instead of working.”
Fact: The able-bodied single male with no dependent children who collects welfare in the United States pretty much does not exist, since the primary goal of most welfare programs is to provide temporary support for children and families. Single males can receive certain benefits, such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) if they are disabled.
See the rest, at: http://addictinginfo.org/2013/07/20/what-the-right-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-welfare-9-myths-exploded/
原想以後有機會再聊聊,寫了幾句,附在文章底部的,【附錄】。
What welfare benefits can they collect?
>>>instead of working。有什麽矛盾?
Please see:
Get a Job? Most Welfare Recipients Already Have One
"It’s poor-paying jobs, not unemployment, that strains the welfare system."
"“When companies pay too little for workers to provide for their families, workers rely on public assistance programs to meet their basic needs,” said Ken Jacobs, chairman of the university’s Center for Labor Research and Education and one of the report’s authors."
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/04/13/get-a-job-most-welfare-recipients-already-have-one/
有娃,照樣hanging out and drinking, and doing drugs, collecting welfare instead of working。有什麽矛盾?
他們自己的爹就是這樣的啊。
9 Welfare Myths:
Myth: “I see these guys all the time, hanging out and drinking, and doing drugs, collecting welfare instead of working.”
Fact: The able-bodied single male with no dependent children who collects welfare in the United States pretty much does not exist, since the primary goal of most welfare programs is to provide temporary support for children and families. Single males can receive certain benefits, such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) if they are disabled.
See the rest, at: http://addictinginfo.org/2013/07/20/what-the-right-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about-welfare-9-myths-exploded/