(The statistic you point out has bothered me for a long time, but it's hard to control people's spending priorities, and it's not like these people are buying new flatscreens with welfare checks. You can drive around any college town during May or August and pick up a working TV for free off the curb.)
What do you mean by "welfare". Food stamps are accepted at certain locations for certain items. Unemployment insurance is a general check - but that isn't exactly welfare.
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In America, you are poor if you only have one TV.
(The statistic you point out has bothered me for a long time, but it's hard to control people's spending priorities, and it's not like these people are buying new flatscreens with welfare checks. You can drive around any college town during May or August and pick up a working TV for free off the curb.)
>it's not like these people are buying new flatscreens with welfare checks
this is a very good point. I wonder if there is data around that examines how welfare checks are spent.
What do you mean by "welfare". Food stamps are accepted at certain locations for certain items. Unemployment insurance is a general check - but that isn't exactly welfare.
I meant welfare to mean cash payments to the poor as provided for in the Welfare Reform act of 1996. [1]
You brought up a good point to differentiate this from food stamps and unemployment.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_Reform_Act_of_1996