People believing in Orthodox Judaism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism
do not work and have dozens of children a family.
(1) It is a hot topic in Israel, because
"Approximately 27 percent of Israeli Jews, and 10 percent of the Jewish population in the United States are Orthodox."
Orthodox Judaism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism
Matti friedman, In rise of ultra-Orthodox, challenges for Israel. Associated Press, Jan 14, 2011.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-01-14-Israel-Jews-14_ST_N.htm
("Part of the issue is the community's poverty: About half of ultra-Orthodox adults do not work, and many men are full-time Torah students with government stipends that anger the secular majority but are nonetheless quite meager. Of the estimated 700,000 Haredim in Israel — around 9% of the population — just under 60% live below the poverty line")
I read this AP report in the print edition of USA Today. It is a big issue in Israel: when a large number of citizens do not work but receive welfare, it will be an issue for any nation. On the other hand, Orthodox Jews are also political powerful in Israel, in view of fragmented political parties that no one party holds a majority of seats in the parliament.
(2) In United States.
(a) Sam Roberts, A Village With the Numbers, Not the Image, of the Poorest Place. New York Times, Apr 12, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/nyregion/kiryas-joel-a-village-with-the-numbers-not-the-image-of-the-poorest-place.html?scp=3&sq=orthodox%20jews%20work&st=cse
(According to the Census Bureau, the poorest place in US is Kiryas Joel, NY)
Kiryas Joel, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiryas_Joel,_New_York
(Hebrew for "Town of Joel"; According to 2008 census figures, the village has the highest poverty rate in the nation. More than two-thirds of residents live below the federal poverty line and 40% receive food stamps[3])
Ref 3: Matt King, KJ highest US poverty rate, census says. Times Herald-Record, January 30, 2009
(b) Roni Caryn Rabin, Rabbis Sound an Alarm Over Eating Disorders. New York Times, Apr 12, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/health/12orthodox.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=orthodox%20jews%20work&st=cse
Please read the first two pragraphs only.
Feigenbaum (the surname of the teenage girl in teh report) is German for "fig tree."
(3) I wish to point out that the people who wrote this news reports are Jews themselves.
The "rabin" is Polish and Ukrainian for "rabbi."
Roberts is an English surname. But some Jews Anglicized their surnames to Roberts.
(1) Then there are inmates who do not work. Please recall that US has the highest incarceration rate of the world. When I was in prison myself, I thought it was such a waste, holding people in prison. Then I came to accept the concept of law and order, and that people have to be in the can (besides prison industry creates a lot of jobs).
(2)
(a) Program Data: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Food and Nutrition Service, US Department of Agriculture.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/SNAPmain.htm
(i) Click the first item
"National Level Annual Summary: Participation and Costs, 1969-2010"
My comment:
* In United States in 1995, the number of people on food stamp and government expense on them were 26,619,000 and $24,620 million. They bottomed out in 2000 (17,194,000 and $17,054m). The pair of numbers have increased steadily since, in 2010 reaching 40.302,000 and $68,310m.
* Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Responsibility_and_Work_O
(enacted Aug 22, 1996)
helped reduce number of people on welfare (more than the food stamp) and amount of money paid to them. Yet the two numbers have roared back with a vengence.
(ii) Item 3 of this web page shows "Annual State Level Data: FY 2006-2010."
It lists state by state. Yet this is not what you refer to.
The smallest division on food stamp use is county.
* Jason Deparle and Robert Gebeloff, Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades
New York Times, Nov 29, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/29foodstamps.html
Go staright to interactive map ("Prcentage of people in each county who receive food stamp, June 2009").
Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx had rate of 16-25, 25-50 and >50%, respectively.
* Food Stamp Recipients in the United States. US Census Bureau.
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/mld/fd8902t.html
The map layer is supposed to show absolute number of each county but it is not working. So I can not find the data.
* SNAP Benefits Recipients. US Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/model/info/snap.html
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: People believing in Orthodox Judaism
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism
: do not work and have dozens of children a family.
: (1) It is a hot topic in Israel, because
: "Approximately 27 percent of Israeli Jews, and 10 percent of the Jewish population in the United Sta
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