How Washington Bought Poverty on the Installment Plan...
Generations trapped in welfare, fathers replaced with checks, and politicians smiling all the way to reelection!
The Welfare Trap: How a Safety Net Became a Snare
I’m writing this because it needs to be said, even though it will rile up the powers that be. Politicians, bureaucrats, and media elites would rather you sit down, shut up, and swallow the official line. But I refuse to pretend that welfare has been a blessing when the evidence screams otherwise. If telling the truth makes the comfortable squirm, so be it—that’s the point.
It seems to me that our welfare system has done the most harm to minorities in America. What was supposed to be a lifeline turned into an anchor, dragging down the very communities it claimed to lift up.
The Black Community: Family Undone
Only 31 percent of Black adults are married compared to 53 percent of Whites and 59 percent of Asians.
A crushing 70.4 percent of Black children are born to unwed mothers.
This isn’t just a statistic, it’s a catastrophe. Welfare replaced fathers with checks, hollowed out family structure, and set off a chain reaction of generational poverty, absent role models, and neighborhoods where dependency became the norm. Instead of promoting responsibility, the system subsidized its absence.
SNAP vs Population vs Marriage Rates
The gulf is glaring. Whites and Asians have higher marriage rates, while Blacks and Hispanics face the lowest stability and welfare participation reflects it. The very system meant to “help” has deepened dependency.
The Hispanic Community: A Cycle of Traps
52.8 percent of Hispanic births happen outside marriage.
Marriage rates hover at 48 percent, far below Whites and Asians.
Hispanics are 18.7 percent of the U.S. population and account for 16 percent of SNAP participation.
On the surface that looks proportional, but in reality it masks a grinding cycle. Too many Hispanic families are boxed into low-wage jobs, leaning on welfare to survive, instead of breaking free and climbing upward. Programs built to stabilize families end up trapping them in dependency instead.
SNAP Participation vs U.S. Population Demographics (2025 Estimates)
Blacks make up just 12% of the U.S. population but account for 26% of SNAP use. Hispanics nearly match their population share, while Whites, despite being the majority, underuse SNAP compared to their population share. Welfare isn’t neutral, it hits some communities harder than others.
The Ugly Truth
Welfare was sold as a ladder out of poverty, but it became a cage. It punished responsibility. It subsidized dependency. It locked families into generational poverty instead of setting them free. The result? A government-sponsored demolition of family stability in communities that needed it most.
SNAP, Population, Marriage, and Unwed Births
Now the full picture: marriage collapses where unwed births soar. Over 70% of Black children and over half of Hispanic children are born outside marriage. Pair that with high SNAP participation, and you see the trap; broken homes subsidized by government checks, locking families into dependency.
And Now, a Word to Our Politicians
But of course, you’ll never hear this spoken out loud by the folks in charge. Why? Because it’s one of three things:
They actually want to enslave people to the system so they can keep the votes rolling in.
They’re too chickenshit to cut back the nonsense for fear of losing those votes.
Or they only care about protecting their cushy jobs, their power, and their money and couldn’t care less about the country.
My vote? All of the above.
And don’t expect them to admit it, because the truth is the one thing they’ll never subsidize.
This just goes on and on because the people do not know they are being effected and infected