Republican-Heavy Counties Eat Up Most Food-Stamp Growth
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-05/republican-heavy-counties-eat-up-most-food-stamp-growth.html?cmpid=otbrn.sustain.story
Republican-Heavy Counties Eat Up Most Food-Stamp Growth
By Frank Bass - Nov 4, 2012 9:00 PM PT
This is from the other day, but I found in interesting.
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said in May that hed written off votes from 47 percent of Americans who are collecting government aid. Turns out many of them are part of his political base.
Republican Counties Defy Romney in Leading Food-Stamp Growth
Seventy percent of counties with the fastest-growth in food-stamp aid during the last four years voted for the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by Bloomberg. They include Republican strongholds like King County, Texas, which in 2008 backed Republican John McCain by 92.6 percent, his largest share in the nation; and fast-growing Douglas County, Colorado. That means Romney is counting on votes from areas where lower-income people have become more reliant on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as food stamps. Mark Baisley, who heads Douglas Countys Republican Party, said many recipients will back Romney in hopes hell improve the economy.
Would you rather be sitting at home wishing you had a job and relying upon the kindness of neighbors? Baisley said in a telephone interview from Colorado, one of the swing states that Romney and President Barack Obama are battling over. Or would you rather be self-supporting, with a job that sustains your family? In a video from a May fundraiser, Romney said there are 47 percent who are with him, referring to Obama, who are dependent on government. They believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing.