Shock Report: 70 Million People Would Be Starving in the Streets Without Government Welfare ProgramsMac Slavo Home sales have dropped to record lows, more people are out of the workforce than at anytime in the last 50 years, and cash-strapped consumers have run out of money to fuel economic growth. By all meaningful measures the American boom times of old are gone. A recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services suggests that we may have already reached the tipping point and that things are only going to get worse going forward. According to the HHS, nearly half of all Americans are now dependent on some form of government benefit just to put food on the table. And of our population of 310 million, nearly one in four receive welfare benefits. Thats over 70 million people who, if the government safety nets broke down due to lack of funding or a monetary crisis, would be starving on our streets right now. Of critical importance is that this particular report looks only at 2011. Since then weve seen even more people taken out of the labor force. Moreover, weve seen prices for all consumer goods rise during that time frame and incomes either stagnate or drop to inflation adjusted levels not seen since the 1960s. Thus, in all likelihood, we are well over the 50% mark. This means that without government assistance that may include social security, welfare, unemployment or other social services, at least one in two Americans would not be able to pay their rent, buy food, or keep their utilities turned on. The end of the world as know it is happening right now. Whats worse is that the those in the upper echelons of our government know it. They have been actively preparing for the fallout by war-gaming large-scale economic collapse scenarios and militarizing domestic law enforcement for the civil unrest to follow. The American public got a small taste of what something like that might look like when the Electronic Benefit Transfer systems in sixteen states went offline last year for about 12 hours last year. Nothing short of panic ensued; along with the looting and riots the government expects will invariably happen should the welfare and social distribution systems come under strain. Watch: Like a Tornado Grocery Store Shelves Razed in Less Than 3 Hours Watch: How Am I Going to Feed My Family 