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Food Stamp Enrollment Dips to Lowest Level in 8 Years
Breitbart ^ | June 12, 2018 | Katherine Rodriguez

Posted on 06/13/2018 7:11:26 AM PDT by EdnaMode

Overall enrollment in the nation’s food stamp program has dipped to its lowest level in eight years, according to the latest statistics released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The latest USDA data reveals that enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the federal government program that administers food stamps—dropped to 40,083,954 in March 2018.

The last time enrollment in the food stamp program reached that level was February 2010, when 39,588,993 people participated in the nation’s food stamp program.

Although overall enrollment has reached its lowest point in eight years, food stamp enrollment has been declining steadily since 2013 and has only continued throughout President Trump’s first year in office.

Under Trump, 2.2 million fewer people have discontinued their participation in SNAP, mainly due to the Trump administration’s attempts to reform SNAP by controlling program costs at the federal and state levels.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebt; foodstamp; foodstamps; snap; usda; welfare
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Thanks Obama!!!!
1 posted on 06/13/2018 7:11:26 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Good news. Now only 40,083,954 left to go.


2 posted on 06/13/2018 7:14:07 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: EdnaMode

And it reached it’s highest during the 0 years. Funny how you take away the ability to buy beer and cigs with your EBT and suddenly work doesn’t seem so bad.


3 posted on 06/13/2018 7:15:53 AM PDT by albie
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To: EdnaMode

But is Lobster Boy, the San Diego stoner surfer, still receiving taxpayer money? A followup story is needed.


4 posted on 06/13/2018 7:15:59 AM PDT by nickedknack
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To: EdnaMode

This will be spun as Trump’s plan to starve minorities, even though it’s racist to suggest more minorities use food stamps. Only a liberal can grasp contradictory concepts comfortably.


5 posted on 06/13/2018 7:20:18 AM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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To: EdnaMode

Guess American peons as per Pelosi are eating the crumbs from their lower taxes. So they don’t need Food Stamps/EBT cards.

Trump’s fault again.


6 posted on 06/13/2018 7:20:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Trump does what is good for Americans. Then, the world gets their panties in a knot! Too bad!)
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To: EdnaMode

See? See? SEE! Trump is starving the poor! < /sarc >


7 posted on 06/13/2018 7:21:24 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Spok
even though it’s racist to suggest more minorities use food stamps.

Actually the majority of recipients are white. The country is still 80% white, and there are plenty of white trash idiots out there. At least there are in this town.


8 posted on 06/13/2018 7:24:05 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: JimRed
SEE! Trump is starving the poor! < /sarc >

Some MSNBC snowflake will come up with this one... watch for it.

9 posted on 06/13/2018 7:24:53 AM PDT by GOPJ ("NORMS HAVE CHANGED ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SOMEONE AGAINST THEIR WILL." - predator Bill Clinton)
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To: EdnaMode

40,083,954 is too high..........................


10 posted on 06/13/2018 7:29:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yep!...........I don’t know the exact percentages, but I’d bet that 70% +/-10% are white...................


11 posted on 06/13/2018 7:30:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: EdnaMode

Obama .... the food stamp president.


12 posted on 06/13/2018 7:31:04 AM PDT by boycott
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To: Buckeye McFrog; Spok

13 posted on 06/13/2018 7:33:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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Just backs up what we all see with our own eyes. The Obama economy was AWFUL. The Trump economy is booming.


14 posted on 06/13/2018 7:34:01 AM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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To: Spok
Only a liberal can grasp contradictory concepts comfortably.

That's because they have developed the "Cognitive Dissonance" lobe in their brain housing group.

15 posted on 06/13/2018 7:34:13 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Red Badger

With Blacks being 12% of the country, they are at a disproportionally higher percentage.


16 posted on 06/13/2018 7:37:01 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: FLT-bird

Indeed. Outside of New York City, the Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, the US economy was failing under Obama. Now, Trump is turning the rest of the country around.


17 posted on 06/13/2018 7:38:07 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: lonevoice

WINNING!


18 posted on 06/13/2018 7:42:08 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: Spok

Liberals put the “moron” in oxymorons


19 posted on 06/13/2018 7:43:15 AM PDT by digger48
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To: EdnaMode
Undoubtedly, the Dems view this as a great national tragedy and as soon as the coup plotters get rid of Trump and Nancy Pelosi takes over the House, they will announce new maximum efforts to increase national dependency programs.
20 posted on 06/13/2018 7:46:06 AM PDT by Truth29
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