McHenry Lowest in Food Stamps

The Illinois Policy Institute has created a map showing the percentage of people on food stamps in each Illinois county.

It shows McHenry County lowest with 9.4%.

It’s the only county in Illinois under the 10% mark.

An Illinois Policy Institute map showing the percentage of people on food stamps in each Illinois county.

An Illinois Policy Institute map showing the percentage of people on food stamps in each Illinois county.


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McHenry Lowest in Food Stamps — 15 Comments

  1. I saw this in IPI’s turnaround agenda packet. Some information I’ll have to track down (and to anybody reading this, feel free to post links) would be percentage of unemployment by county, median wages by county, homelessness by county, and percentage of students on assistance. I’ve seen some districts in the county with a very high percentage of students on aid so this stat about McHenry county being lowest in food stamps came as a shock to me, although I guess there are probably some very poor districts in just about any county.

  2. Kind of ironic that the place where the lawmakers meet and capitol is that 22.2% are on food stamps in that county.

  3. Illinois is also a donor state which means our federal taxes go for welfare benefits for the Southern right to work states and even in Illinois the further south you go the higher the food stamps. In high union and business areas incomes are higher; get rid of the unions and all of the state will be on food stamps except a few because the poor and middle class won’t go to the businesses..

  4. That is so totally in your face ignorant, that I am flabbergasted.

  5. Cindy, you sound arrogant to me and ignorant in my opinion and are probably a schill for the tea party of McHenry Party.

  6. Think is all the food you could buy if you didn’t have to pay 4% work dues, quarterly dues and and $1,200 for your Union card.

  7. 40% of food in America is thrown out when it is still good.

    Imagine if we stopped fighting about politicians who made these problems and tried to feed the hungry, give jobs instead of prison terms to poor and were more humane.

  8. And Mrs I don’t think anyone is holding a gun to your head that you have to stay in a union.

    Get a non union job if you don’t like unions.

    People who join unions make better wages and benefits but some union members don’t want to pay their fair share so they should quit the union and someone else will gladly take their job.

  9. How can we increase taxes on the rich and keep them in the state.

    If I had the $s to sell my house at a loss and more to lower cost state, I’d do it.

    If I was “rich” maybe I could afford to lose some $s on a house and relocate permanently to another state/area that does not punish me for having money.

    How can we expect the rich to stay and gladly pay more money when they don’t have to?

    My tax savings will easily pay for a few trips to Chicago every year to enjoy what the city has to offer.

    I do agree that union workers in IL tend to make more $s, particularly per hour, than non-union.

    Getting a union job can be like hitting the Little Lotto.

    You can make very good income, get great benefits and be almost untouchable for disciplinary actions and/or termination.

    This all comes at a cost as prices are higher for not only directly related union jobs but the tide rises as well.

    Just another “tax” but this one is shared by all, not just the rich.

  10. The middle class in Illinois are paying for most of the taxes relative to their incomes.

    You can see by food stamps how many people in Illinois live in poverty.

    It is either the rich pay more by taking some tax loopholes away from them or the middle class pays more.

    Scott Walker promised lower property taxes in Wisconsin and they only went down about $10.

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