standard of living in the usa is sinking ...., page-7

Number of mericans on welfare although I'm not sure if this include tax benefits.

7,100,000 Aussies are customers of Centrelinks 'one-stop shops'.




The number stated that receive any portion of their support from from welfare assistance--including food stamps--it is 29,900,000 or roughly 8% of the total population in the United States.

This breaks down to:

39% white 11,661,000 of 29,900,000 recipients

38% black 11,362,000 of 29,900,000

17% Hispanic 5,083,000 of 29,900,000

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