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1StrongBlackMan

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5. And US "welfare" recipients aren't really poor ...

Reply to packman (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:49 AM

Jun 2014

because they receive more in transfer payments than most working people in 3rd World nations.

Thanks ... I feel better about "less than 4.9%" of people that say they would not like to have me as their neighbor. (even if I believe the survey to be accurate ... which I don't.)

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Maybe we're not that bad after all [View all] packman Jun 2014 OP

Our people are a lot more Liberal than our teabagger GOP overlords. onehandle Jun 2014 #1

It would be interesting to see the US broken down into regions. n/t GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #2

An even better deeper dive JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #4

And even deeper to see the responses of various racial groupings. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #7

I agree JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #8

you can probably just look at the 2012 presidential election map Takket Jun 2014 #6

Possibly... GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #12

Muy interesante Throd Jun 2014 #3

And US "welfare" recipients aren't really poor ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #5

The real US Welfare recipients are the 1%. nt valerief Jun 2014 #9

I get what you are saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #14

Yes. Cost of living varies from country to country. However, the enemy in EVERY valerief Jun 2014 #16

I was surprised at how blue Japan is on the map. Aristus Jun 2014 #10

Japan is so homogeneous (98.5% ethnic Japanese) that it may not occur pampango Jun 2014 #11

I don't know if it's necessarily xenophobia. GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #13

I want my neighbor to be a musician. panader0 Jun 2014 #15

Drums , Tuba, or didgerredoo? packman Jun 2014 #17