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(4/8/01) Since the 1980's the Census Bureau has been calculating U.S. Incomes after both taxes and benefits have been accounted for. The results of this research seems to be one of the most underreported stories in our society. I think this research deserves a closer look.
The above numbers are all for 1999. The numbers are from a Census Bureau PDF file that can be found at: http://www.census.gov/prod/2000pubs/p60-209.pdf. The first thing that jumps out are the racial disparities. The Census Bureau figures are for households but by dividing by the average household size for each race we find that Blacks and Hispanics are each receiving more in benefits than they are paying in taxes. Black people who live to be 65 will receive an average of over $46,000 more in benefits that what they will pay in taxes. This is relevant to the slave reparations debate because $46,000 is right around the figures that black leaders have been asking for in reparations. In addition to receiving direct government benefits in the form of cash blacks receive the same indirect government benefits such as highways and bridges that whites pay $651 a year for. What also jumps out from these figures is how much Asians are paying, more than twice what Whites pay.
The second fact that jumps jumps out is the disparity between two parent families and single mothers. Two parent families pay $8,801 more in taxes each year than they receive in benefits. This is a substantial amount of money and it seems to be going to single mother families, which receive $4,141 more each year than they pay.
It is clear that the disparity between families explains the racial disparity.
Table 2 Births to Teenage Mothers Births to Unwed Mothers White 10.9% 16.9% Asian 5.7% 5%(chinese only) Black 23.1% 66.7% Hispanic 16.8% 36.7%
The numbers above are from this Census Bureau PDF file: http://www.census.gov/prod/99pubs/99statab/sec02.pdf. It is the differences in family among races which cause some races to effectively pay no taxes at all. These figures are for 1990 because the later figures do not contain enough data for Asians. Since 1990 the overall rate of illegitimacy has risen from 26.6% to 32.4%. Most of this is due to the rate for Whites rising from 16.9% to 25.8%. Blacks and Hispanics suffered smaller increases. The 5% figure for Chinese-Americans is probably lower than the overall Asian illegitimacy rate, but is still indicative of an enormously lower rate for Asians.
It is clearly that these differences in rates of single motherhood are what decides who belongs in the provider class and who belongs in the recipient class. Blacks receive almost twice as much as Hispanics. The Black illegitimacy rate is also almost twice that of Hispanics. The relationship between Asians and Whites is not as close, but similar. Asians pay out roughly three times more and have an illegitimacy rate which is roughly three times less. The statistical correlation between illegitimacy rates and money received is 85%.
One of the most important issues regarding the recipient class is the effect of it's growth through immigration. Most estimates say that around the year 2050 half of America will be Black and Hispanic. If this doubles the size of the recipient class the burden on the provider class will not double, it will triple.
Table 3 Recipient Class as percentage of population Each Provider must pay this to give $1 to each Recipient Each Provider must pay this to give $541 to each Recipient Each Provider must pay this to give $4,141 to each Single Mother Household 90% $ 9 $4,869 $37,269 75% $ 3 $1,623 $12,423 50% $ 1 $541 $4,141 25% $ .33 $178 $1,366 10% $ .11 $59 $455 5% $.05 $27 $207
Currently Blacks and Hispanics are 25% of the population and are almost equal in number. Therefore the average payout to these groups is $541. As their numbers increase through immigration the burden on the provider class will also grow. While it is true that most of this immigration is Hispanic and they receive smaller payouts, the Hispanic illegitimacy rate continues to grow and the size of the Hispanic payout will also grow. It can also be assumed that as the recipient class grows in size it will grow in political power and the average payout will grow accordingly.
Even more fundamental than race and immigration is family. Currently 1/3 of all children are being born to single mothers. Households headed by single mothers receive $4,141 more in benefits than they pay in taxes. This is the heart and soul of the recipient class. Regardless of race and immigration the size of the recipient class will grow as our families decline.
This country needs to take a closer look at these statistics. These are not numerical curiosities, but must be the essence of any real discussion of America's future. This country claims no one has the right to polygamy, yet all have the right to single parenthood. The belief that all people have the right to single parenthood and the right to do so with out being judged must be examined in light of the fact that the single parents are being financially supported by the rest of us. If we are the ones paying the bills than we have the right to judge.
When the recipient class increases in size the burden on the providers grows at a rate faster than the increase in recipients. Europe and it's American supporters may lament that we do not provide the benefits to the poor that they do, but how large is their recipient class? If it is only 10% of the population then the burden on Europe is only 1/3 of the burden we bear everyday. Emulating the social policies of Europe is not feasible if our recipient class is larger and we must avoid pointless comparisons.
We must also consider what effect immigration will have on our future. Will we be able to support the recipient class when they are the majority? Will the recipient class tolerate any discussion of reducing payouts or the need for payouts when they are in control? Latin American countries provide almost no welfare benefits. The ratio between the likely provider and the likely recipients is so large in these countries that U.S. style welfare payments are unthinkable. As America becomes more Latin American, we will also be faced with the need to become more Latin American in our welfare policy, with the inevitable spectacle of destitution which overwhelms Latin America.
The moral justification for welfare is supposed to be that we are temporarily helping out our fellow man through a rough stretch of road or helping the disabled permanently. If it is to become a system for continually transferring wealth from one group to another the people behind this change owe us an explanation.
Screen shots of all the data from the Census Bureau PDF's.
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