JEast Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 WSJ's number of the week -- 49%. Looking like Greece?? Numbers should subside after folks roll off unemployment benefits, but still a surprising number. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/05/26/number-of-the-week-half-of-u-s-lives-in-household-getting-benefits/ Cheers JEast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbitisrich Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Does anyone have the link to the Census figures? I couldn't locate it on the from the "releases" section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
value-is-what-you-get Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Well if they really put their noses to the grindstone, they can be like us Canadians where 100% of households receive some sort of government benefit. Another well-crafted headline designed to make us believe things are terrible. The numbers in the Blog include Medicaid and Social security. So here in Canada it's 100% of households. The number of respondents living in a household where at least one family member received unemployment benefits was 2%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uccmal Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 Yes, another one of those oh so useful BS statistics. Up there with "100 % chance of worldwode recession". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbitisrich Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 So the article is the author's presentation of Census data, and not a transcription of a Census report? Social security and medicare shouldn't be included in the trend analysis without some discussion of demographic shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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