The Daily Jot: Welfare recipients outnumber working Americans

In May, The Daily Jot reported that there were more than 92 million Americans–over a third of the workforce–who didn’t have jobs and had given up on finding one. These statistics were extrapolated from several sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Commerce Department, and Health and Human Services. It is not an easy task to determine the condition of our economy because one has to nearly be a statistician to find the numbers. CNSNEWS.com has received data from the Census Bureau for the fourth quarter of 2012 that indicates 109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded “means-tested programs” (welfare), 35.4% of the US population.

CNSNEWS.com reports: “In 2012, according to the Census Bureau, there were 103,087,000 full-time year-round workers in the United States (including 16,606,000 full-time year-round government workers). Thus, the welfare-takers outnumbered full-time year-round workers by 6,544,000.” When the occupant of the Oval Office was elected in the fourth quarter of 2008, there were 96,197,000 people in households taking benefits from one or more federal welfare programs. By the fourth quarter of 2012, four years later, that number had grown by 13,434,000. Two years ago, we had more people on some sort of government assistance than were working–not counting those out of a job and not on welfare.

There is no reason to believe that these statistics have changed much for the better. As the US is transitioning from the free market to government socialism, the economy has taken a hit. We have seen it in housing, in food prices, in gas prices, but there are few indicators that show just how bad things are (and quite frankly how bad they are going to get) than employment numbers. The government has figured out a way to lie to you about them so that it just doesn’t sound as bad as it is. But if you have a job, be thankful to the Lord because more than a third of the workforce don’t have jobs and have given up on finding one. Those of us who are working are supporting our own family AND someone else’s who doesn’t work.

In Luke 10:7, Jesus said “the laborer is worthy of his wages.” 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says, “…if any would not work, neither should he eat.” Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 3:13, “…every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.” Even after the Lord returns, people will, as shown in Isaiah 65:21-23, “They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain.” Socialism is against God’s plan for your life. So are leaders and political parties who support it.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!