Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Odds and ends

In a recent poll reported on one of the 24 hour news shows it was reported that 54% of Americans say government programs don't help their families. That leaves 46% receiving assistance in some form.

Reconcile that statement with portion of American families that received federal benefits in the past two years is at 7 out of 10. Unless I mis-figured this is 70%.

$224,712.00 is the amount the state of California spent last year on each minor in its juvenile-detention system. The amount spent on each student in the Oakland public school system was $4,945.00. Wonder if the juvenile in detention learned anything?

1 comment:

outsider said...

When you figure Public school is the largest welfare program in Texas, many people don't even realize they are on welfare. If a free lunch at noon is welfare then a free math class at 2 is welfare. Nothing is free, someone is paying for it.