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Huckabee Disses Natalie Portman, Then Denies Dissing Natalie Portman

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Killgore Trout3/05/2011 12:14:19 pm PST

Huck is still relying on false statistics….

Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can’t get a job, and if it weren’t for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care.


His correction….

My comments were about the statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can’t get a job, and if it weren’t for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death.


10 seconds to google search reveals…
Single Parent Statistics


79.5% of custodial single mothers are gainfully employed

27% of custodial single mothers and their children live in poverty

Among custodial single mothers:

* 22% receive Medicaid
* 23.5% receive food stamps
* 12% receive some form of public housing or rent subsidy