Originally Posted by
Cougar Bait
Going to bed now, I have to work 11 hours tomorrow, my taxes will help pay for the 46 MILLION Americans that are on food stamps.
They depend on me now.
amen brother!
I wish we could just eliminate all the non-disabled, non-elderly, non-working, non-white people from food stamps (snap) and only have to support 460,000 instead of 46 million.
While President Obama has been called the "Food Stamp President" by some of his opponents during this election season, the characterization is inaccurate.USDA data from January 2001 indicate that during the Administration of President George W. Bush, the number of SNAP recipients rose by 14.7 million people. President Clinton in 1998 and President Bush in 2002 expanded SNAP eligibility as well. During their Administrations, reforms were enacted that permitted for more children, disabled individuals, seniors and some immigrants to receive food stamps.During President Obama's Administration, enrollment has increased by 14.2 million people -- a lower number than during President Bush's tenure. This is due to the ongoing economic recession, which caused rates of food insecurity in 2009 to reach the highest levels since 1998. There is some indication that SNAP enrollment levels and rates of food insecurity are beginning to decrease. In October 2011, when the economy started to improve, SNAP enrollment declined by 43,528 individuals and from 2009 to 2010, food insecurity dropped from 21.3 percent to 20.2 percent in households with children.