TEXAS FARMER: "I have zero workers." Are we great now?

[Lonestarblue]

41. The other lies they've been told is that migrants are all on welfare, along with most black people.

I suspect that most of the MAGA cult believe that few white people take advantage of welfare and it’s mostly black and brown people and immoral unwed mothers who expect taxpayers to subsidize their lifestyle. These are the people they think should be forced to take the jobs vacated by all the people deported, most of whom were just hard workers helping support the US economy.

Polls consistently show that people overestimate the number of black people on welfare, and Republicans and their media like Fox and hate radio keep this myth alive.

“The majority of those who receive government assistance in the U.S. are not Black. Using research from the Urban Institute (gathering data from 59 million people), the graph below presents the largest percentage of welfare recipients in 2019. The majority of recipients were white (43 percent), followed by Hispanic (26 percent), and Black (23 percent). These figures fall in line with population demographics and debunk the misconception that welfare programs are predominantly associated with the Black community.”

https://www.revolt.tv/article/are-black-people-the-majority-of-those-on-welfare

I don’t know how reliable Revolt is, but those numbers have been reported elsewhere. Here’s a more recent Pew Research study just on SNAP benefits from 2023 showing that 62.7% of SNAP recipients are white and 27% are black and 27% Hispanic. A whopping 87.8% are native born, which dispels the other Republican myth that migrants are all on welfare. It would be nice if mainstream media bothered to counter Republican lies with facts, but they don’t bother, and that is one reason why Republican voters keep voting for Republicans when they are obviously hurt by their economic policies.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/19/what-the-data-says-about-food-stamps-in-the-u-s/