The biggest beneficiaries of the government safety net: working-class whites

[CousinIT]

(probably a good number of them Trump voters)

Working-class whites are the biggest beneficiaries of federal poverty-reduction programs, even though blacks and Hispanics have substantially higher rates of poverty, according to a new study to be released Thursday by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Government assistance and tax credits lifted 6.2 million working-class whites out of poverty in 2014, more than any other racial or ethnic demographic. Half of all working-age adults without college degrees lifted out of poverty by safety-net programs are white; nearly a quarter are black and a fifth are Hispanic.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/16/the-biggest-beneficiaries-of-the-government-safety-net-working-class-whites/?

[HughBeaumont]

1. Oh, What an Unraveled Narrative we Spin.

The reasons for voting for Trump are getting narrower and narrower with each passing debunk.

[frankieallen]

2. not a great post, 2.8 mil is 45% of 6.2 mil, blacks make up 13% of total population, whites 63%.

So what is your point?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Yep