A record 45.8 million Americans using food stamps

Chicago Tribune ^ | August 5, 2011

[Deo volente]

The number of Americans using the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- more commonly referred to as food stamps -- shot to an all-time high of 45.8 million in May, the USDA reported. That's up 12% from a year ago, and 34% higher than two years ago.

The program provides monthly benefits to low-income individuals and families, which they can use at stores that accept SNAP benefits.

[Deo volente]

Nearly 15 percent of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in May, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

[Blood of Tyrants]

This how Rats measure how successful their programs are.

[Ole Okie]

They’re advertising on TV for takers for food stamps.

[muir_redwoods]

It seems we’ve made them too easy to get

[Texas Eagle]

Wastin’ away again in Obamaville.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Exactly. If you hand out free money, people will take it.

[americanophile]

Those would be the unemployed people in line in front of you with the train of heaping carts of food that look like the horn of plenty, while you’re holding your hand basket deciding what 10 items you can’t do without.

[American Dream 246]

New votes for them. It’s all they are thinking about. These people will now always vote democrat. That’s the whole purpose. And it always works.

[EGPWS]

45.8 million

Wow, that is tough to comprehend even in the worst of times.

Gosh, I wonder what 0bama's legacy is going to be..

[dead]

Invest in companies that make Yodels, soda, Funyuns, Twinkies, etc.

We're not keeping the poor alive with food stamps, we're keeping them fat.

[Gabz]

It’s actually not all that easy -— if one is honest.

[EGPWS]

This how Rats measure how successful their programs are.

Next year they will budget for 50 million to justify tax increases to keep the budget increasing.

[WOBBLY BOB]

The republicans farm bill helped. 2/3 of it went to subsidies for this .

you get more of whatever you subsidize.

[dead]

These people will now always vote democrat. That’s the whole purpose. And it always works.

Until the whole system flips over, like Guam with too many marines.

Somebody's eventually got to pay the bills. Tough to do when the majority is sitting at home watching Maury Povich through bong smoke.

[Dilbert San Diego]

But, didn’t you hear about Michelle Obama’s deal with supermarket chains, and Wal-Mart? They are going to build thousands of new supermarkets in the ghetto, so that the poor have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Then there won’t be so many Twinkies and Yodels sold.

[lionheart 247365]

Hope and Change ,,,,, right ???

[GeronL]

Leftists: “Food stamps create jobs”

[b4its2late]

Obama’s only success in growth.

[PGR88]

This statistic proves nothing about US poverty or hunger.

Rather, it shows the basic economic principle that demand for free-stuff is always unlimited.

[GeronL]

inner city supermarkets bill was also passed a couple of years ago, like a half billion dollars.... what happened with that??