Colleagues,
Those of you who've utilized the New York Times interactive maps to examine election results by county will be especially intrigued by today's map at the paper: It uses the same technology to chart dependence on government "welfare" as a percentage of their household income. The key optical take-away: the areas of greatest government dependence are located geographically where the electorate is most anti-welfare and anti-big government. No lie: check it out--
U.S.
| February 12, 2012
Where Americans Most Depend on Government Benefits
See the share of Americans' income that comes
from government benefit programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security,
veterans' benefits and food stamps.
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These individuals are so delusional to think that somehow lowering taxes or getting rid of Medicare/Socical Security will make their lives so much better. Less taxes means more spending and only more problems for these people.
ReplyDeleteThose who believe less taxes are the answer need higher taxes the most. Hopefully higher taxes will spark some fear in them and curb their excessive spending habits and if it doesn't, at least there are funds available when they stick their hands out.
While there are likely several structural reasons for the clusters of government benefits – high density urban areas, high unemployment levels – it would be especially interesting to shadow a map of political party, as well as belief about government benefits or Obamacare onto this map. For instance, would we see more Midwestern Republicans or Southern Republicans collecting need? How does this influence political beliefs and presentation of partisan issues?
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