Quote Originally Posted by bailey View Post
In 2011, 41 percent of Detroit households
reported receiving food assistance. The
rate for Wayne County, outside of Detroit,
was 16.6 percent, while the state, minus
Detroit, came in at 16.5 percent

http://www.datadrivendetroit.org/pub..._SDCReport.pdf

so, not all.... and if you look at the graph in the materials and the other statistics, I'm guessing it hasn't gone down since 2011
I would say 40% is significantly less than, 'not all'. Not much above twice the state average. Certainly not in line with the typical narrative. Now let's look at the rural communities that are never vilified for being welfare queens