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Food Stamps, and Nothing Else (Shocking US Chart)
New York Slimes ^ | 1/2/2010

Posted on 01/04/2010 3:11:34 PM PST by GVnana

Food stamp programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia provided data on the number of recipients who had no other cash income in 2007 and 2009. These numbers reflect not only the economic conditions in various states, but also the extent to which food stamp recipients qualify for other safety net programs, such as welfare or unemployment compensation.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhoeconomy; change; cheese; foodstamps; fourth100days; largess; obamanation; poverty; stamps; stimulus; welfare
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Thanks for "Nothing" Barack.
1 posted on 01/04/2010 3:11:34 PM PST by GVnana
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To: GVnana
Food stamp programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia provided data on the number of recipients who had claimed no other cash income in 2007 and 2009.
2 posted on 01/04/2010 3:17:05 PM PST by digger48
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To: GVnana
Upcoming weather.
3 posted on 01/04/2010 3:18:45 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah."Our middle regiment, Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: GVnana
Iowa +32%

Visited the local uhaul, loaded up with vehicles. I asked him where they were all coming from, said chicago and St Louis. He asks them if they have jobs when they get here but few did.
4 posted on 01/04/2010 3:21:43 PM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: GVnana
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5 posted on 01/04/2010 3:22:18 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: GVnana

Looks like a map of the states that ozero carried.


6 posted on 01/04/2010 3:22:19 PM PST by Texas resident (Hunkered Down)
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To: GVnana

Just wondering. Which states were hit hardest by the real estate bubble? Hmmmm... the states with the most sub prime default problems also top the charts for food stamps. I wonder if there is any correlation there?


7 posted on 01/04/2010 3:24:47 PM PST by John.Galt2012 (I'll take Liberty and you can keep the "Change"!)
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To: GVnana

My rich neighbor’s bake-at-home-pizza business is thriving in the recession.

He takes food stamps.


8 posted on 01/04/2010 3:31:33 PM PST by Uncle Miltie ("Free" Healthcare + Citizenship for Lawbreakers = Democrats Forever! Buenos Dias!)
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To: GVnana
It's weird to see so many Food Stamp recipients in Utah.

Either there were not that many to begin with, so a few more equates to a large percentage increase ...

or someone is getting a bunch of blue staters to move into Utah to skew future voting patterns.

9 posted on 01/04/2010 3:35:14 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (These fragments I have shored against my ruins)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Google “food stamp fraud” and your state. One of those top 2 states on that map has a whole division devoted to food stamp fraud...


10 posted on 01/04/2010 3:36:52 PM PST by StAnDeliver (\)
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To: GVnana

I suppose CA is still trying to assess the impact of allowing welfare cards (EBT’s) to be used in fast food establishments before they provide any “data”.

SZ


11 posted on 01/04/2010 3:38:53 PM PST by SZonian (Beans, Bullets and Bandaids))
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To: GVnana

I’m in South Carolina and it’s up 36%.

I’m an interviewer at a local food/clothing bank. Most of the people I interview have no job and no money. Some of them are on SSI. Most all of them are on Food Stamps.

And many of them have no income other than food stamps. When pressed, they will admit to raking leaves, picking up cans and cleaning houses for a little cash.

Believe it or not, I’ve even had people admit Food Stamp fraud to me. They go to the grocery, load their cart with high-end food stuffs (steak, lobster, choice deli items, etc.), pay with their food stamps and then sell their goodies to their neighbors.

None of these people are getting anywhere fast. They live a very disconnected, stop-gap life.

I pray for these folks every day and thank God he has seen fit to take care of me.


12 posted on 01/04/2010 3:50:06 PM PST by upchuck (The horse is in the pasture. The barn door is wide-open. Obama wants to know who made the hinges.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

And New Jersey is kind of like the exact opposite. Only 7% increase from 2007 to 2009. I suspect it’s because almost anyone who could possible be on food stamps in New Jersey IS already on them.


13 posted on 01/04/2010 4:10:56 PM PST by Alberta's Child (God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
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I suspect it’s because almost anyone who could possible be on food stamps in New Jersey IS already on them.

That's what occurred to me when I saw that MS didn't have any increases.

14 posted on 01/04/2010 4:25:27 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: digger48
Food stamp programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia provided data on the number of recipients who had claimed no other cash income in 2007 and 2009.

Great minds think alike. :-)

15 posted on 01/04/2010 4:32:26 PM PST by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

What about Mormon polygamists? Or men who worked in construction now unemployed?


16 posted on 01/04/2010 4:35:31 PM PST by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
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To: Alberta's Child
>>>I suspect it’s because almost anyone who could possible be on food stamps in New Jersey IS already on them.?<<<

An increase of those on food stamps from 99% to 106%.

Roughly the same percentage as voter registration increases.

17 posted on 01/04/2010 4:35:48 PM PST by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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To: GVnana

The 173% increase figure for Nevada is ONLY feasible if the massive numbers of illegal immigrants working in the Las Vegas housing-construction-market-bubble, somehow managed to qualify for food stamps, and other citizen benefits.


18 posted on 01/04/2010 4:39:24 PM PST by Wuli
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To: Texas resident

How many of these cases are “going galt”?


19 posted on 01/04/2010 4:40:01 PM PST by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
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To: StAnDeliver

Keep in mind that people who qualify for food stamps are likely to qualify for a bunch of other benefits for housing, transportation, energy assistance, tuition, child care, food (via WIC), and health care. If they work, they might get cash back via the EITC. The “in-kind” subsidies are not counted in measures of the poverty level.


20 posted on 01/04/2010 6:49:46 PM PST by cosine
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