OT~Population of the US is Pi

Bob Hatch

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Aug 15, 2012, 12:02:13 AM8/15/12

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http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/14/pi-hundred-million-people-live-in-u-s/?hpt=hp_c2

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Max

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Aug 15, 2012, 10:02:48 AM8/15/12

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On 8/14/2012 10:02 PM, Bob Hatch wrote:
> http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/14/pi-hundred-million-people-live-in-u-s/?hpt=hp_c2
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And most of them want *free* pie.

Bob Hatch

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Aug 15, 2012, 12:28:26 PM8/15/12

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Actually they know it's not free, they just want you to pay for it. I
think they use circular logic. :-)

LonVanOstran

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Aug 15, 2012, 1:21:24 PM8/15/12

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Bob Hatch wrote:
> http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/14/pi-hundred-million-people-live-in-u-s/?hpt=hp_c2
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That seems appropriate in light of the fact that Obama has been so
successful in dividing Americans into pie chart segments of society,
each competing for public largess, and each seeking advantage over all
others.

Lon

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nothermark

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Aug 15, 2012, 7:25:43 PM8/15/12

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I wonder how you came to that conclusion.

Max

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Aug 15, 2012, 8:41:33 PM8/15/12

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Try this:
There is an large quantity of people in the United States who expect the
government (that's us, the taxpayers) to support them.
That quantity has become an unsupportable number.
It may not be the majority of the total population but it is a number
that exceeds the ability of the country to continue to support and still
survive economically.

nothermark

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Aug 15, 2012, 10:06:05 PM8/15/12

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I think the number is a lot lower than you think. I know it is lower
than you allude to. It does get significantly higher if you include
all the folks who think they should not pay taxes.

These numbers are probably reasonably close:

If you use those who are supported by Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families (TANF)--best described as a federal largess to indigent
families with dependent children--as stated by the Dept. of Health the
data suggests 1.7% of the total population that derive over 50% of
their income from Welfare supports.

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

Read more:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percentage_of_people_in_US_are_on_welfare#ixzz23fdYe1lA

That is a far cry from "most". ;-)

LonVanOstran

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Aug 15, 2012, 10:10:05 PM8/15/12

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The good news for America is that there are still lots of us who will
vote for the end of those programs as we know them. There are far more
of us than Democrats would have you believe. It's NOT safe to ass/u/me
that Democrats can count on the vote of everyone being supported by
government. This next election should expose some truth. Let's hope that
I'm right about Americans.

Lon

LonVanOstran

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Aug 15, 2012, 10:12:08 PM8/15/12

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Dean wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:28:26 -0700, Bob Hatch <bob....@ymail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On 8/15/2012 7:02 AM, Max wrote:
>>> On 8/14/2012 10:02 PM, Bob Hatch wrote:
>>>> http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/14/pi-hundred-million-people-live-in-u-s/?hpt=hp_c2
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>>> And most of them want *free* pie.
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>> Actually they know it's not free, they just want you to pay for it. I
>> think they use circular logic. :-)
>

> The 'takers' believe by taking that which is NOT theirs, they are
> punishing the 'makers', and are getting even for their own failure.
>

It's a fact that Democrats want all "takers" to believe that. I'm still
holding out for the inner greatness of America to win out.

Lon