More People Collecting Food Stamps in the US Than Living in Spain

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Justin Time

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Chalk up another accomplishment to the Obama economic plan and "recovery". Obama is reinforcing that dependent mentality in millions of Americans eon a daily basis


Put another way, 20 percent of U.S. households are on food stamps. What could possibly go wrong? Via CNS News:


The latest available data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that a record number 23 million households in the United States are now on food stamps.

The most recent Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (SNAP) statistics of the number of households receiving food stamps shows that 23,087,886 households participated in January 2013 - an increase of 889,154 families from January 2012 when the number of households totaled 22,188,732.

The most recent statistics from the United States Census Bureau-- from December 2012-- puts the number of households in the United States at 115,310,000. If you divide 115,310,000 by 23,087,866, that equals one out of every five households now receiving food stamps.

As CNSNews.com previously reported, food stamp rolls in America recently surpassed the population of Spain. A record number 47,692,896 Americans are now enrolled in the program and the cost of food stamp fraud has more than doubled in just three years.

This is a huge problem, to put it nicely. Not only are tens of millions of Americans relying on government subsidies to feed themselves, but even worse, food stamp fraud is widespread and evidently getting worse. In New York, for example, it is not uncommon for recipients to use EBT cards to purchase alcohol, strippers, and yes, lap dances. There seems to be zero accountability and transparency in many of our cities and states. Why is this not surprising?

Obviously, I am not opposed to bestowing federal benefits on the poor to subsidize their basic needs -- that’s precisely what SNAP was designed for -- but c’mon. Do 47 million Americans really need to be on food stamps? What’s more, does the Left really expect me -- or anyone else, for that matter -- to believe that every single one of these individuals would suffer or starve or even die without government aid? After all, welfare didn’t even exist for most of our country’s history. Faith-based organizations and concerned citizens for centuries took care of the poor and destitute, fostering a culture of compassion that has all but disappeared in recent years, only to be replaced by -- you guessed it -- the welfare state. So how exactly is that working out for us? Last time I checked poverty rates are on the rise, and food stamp usage merely begets more food stamp recipients. Splendid.

It goes without saying that this program needs to be thoroughly reviewed and reformed, and that starts, first and foremost, by preventing government bureaucrats from actively recruiting would-be recipients. The program, in theory, should only be reserved for those who truly need it. But apparently, such a simple and commonsensical idea is too radical even to be considered, much less implemented. Maybe when, say, 100 million Americans are collecting food stamps we’ll finally get somewhere -- and acknowledge, once and for all, that this is a problem. Until then, though, I suspect the EBT gravy train is only going to get more crowded.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/daniel...e-united-states-than-living-in-spain-n1580000
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Just read that Maobama is handing out fliers in Mexico telling people they don't need to show proof if citizenship to get food stamps.

Now this is the opportunity the GOP needs. Fuck pandering to Paco and Julio down by the school yard. They should play into the inevitable divisions between the coloreds and the mexicans
 
What this does show is Obama is dedicated to expanding the welfare state and making as many people as possible dependent on the government

That will lock these people into a cycle of dependency and make them life long Democrat voters
 
Justin Time said:
What this does show is Obama is dedicated to expanding the welfare state and making as many people as possible dependent on the government

That will lock these people into a cycle of dependency and make them life long Democrat voters
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True dat. Throw in the lack of education and you get nimrods like Steelplate
 
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gee you mean your fucks crash the entire world economy and fuck us all and make a bunch of people poor and Obama and us have to help feed the people you assholes made poor and its OUR fault for being decent enough to make sure people eat?


are you people aware how huge a pack of assholes you are?
 
evince said:
gee you mean your fucks crash the entire world economy and fuck us all and make a bunch of people poor and Obama and us have to help feed the people you assholes made poor and its OUR fault for being decent enough to make sure people eat?


are you people aware how huge a pack of assholes you are?
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http://www.justplainpolitics.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1206428

Yea, the suffering some of these people are going through is awful



WSJ: Millionaires Collecting Food Stamps


Millionaires qualify for food stamps these days as long as they can show they have little or no income, author and lecturer James Bovard says.

Thirty five states have scrapped asset requirements, which means almost anyone can buy groceries under the auspices of the United States Department of Agriculture's program for hungry Americans.

"The Obama administration is far more enthusiastic about boosting food-stamp enrollment than about preventing fraud," Bovard writes in a Wall Street Journal column

http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/Millionaires-Collecting-Food-Stamps/2011/06/23/id/401095
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Newsmax?

You know what? When corporate cocksuckers like you stop blaming poor folk for our woes and start thinking for yourselves, we might have a better country.

The reason they relaxed requirements is because do many people had the rug pulled out from underneath them. They USED to have good, decent paying jobs, but now are forced into shit jobs. Retail, fast food....where the corporations make money hand over fist by accepting welfare indirectly through their employees. They love food stamps, housing subsidies and Medicaid. That allows them to pay their employees next to nothing.

But you're too dumb to figure that out.
 
Steelplate said:
Newsmax?

You know what? When corporate cocksuckers like you stop blaming poor folk for our woes and start thinking for yourselves, we might have a better country.

The reason they relaxed requirements is because do many people had the rug pulled out from underneath them. They USED to have good, decent paying jobs, but now are forced into shit jobs. Retail, fast food....where the corporations make money hand over fist by accepting welfare indirectly through their employees. They love food stamps, housing subsidies and Medicaid. That allows them to pay their employees next to nothing.

But you're too dumb to figure that out.
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It's not just NewsMax. It's NewsMax via CNS News via TownHall via Breitbart.

Remember what I called that?

The Circle Jerk of Attribution™


I will give the president credit though. When all these ****** have to dredge up is stories from five years ago, things are pretty darn good today.
 
evince said:
gee you mean your fucks crash the entire world economy and fuck us all and make a bunch of people poor and Obama and us have to help feed the people you assholes made poor and its OUR fault for being decent enough to make sure people eat?


are you people aware how huge a pack of assholes you are?
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Shut up and breathe, tool.
 
yes and Bush will get every ounce of the fault he deserves so very much.

You will not be able to change the history
 
evince said:
yes and Bush will get every ounce of the fault he deserves so very much.

You will not be able to change the history
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Neither will you after Hussein crowns himself king and starts our nation's second civil war. Personally, I'll take great pleasure in shooting every condom wearing Leftist I can find. ;)
 
Well, only an insane person would look forward to killing their fellow countrymen.

You're a Jarod Loughner waiting to happen. Harvesting Castor Beans lately?
 
Steelplate said:
Well, only an insane person would look forward to killing their fellow countrymen.

You're a Jarod Loughner waiting to happen. Harvesting Castor Beans lately?
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That'll be in wartime, comrade. Right now I have to settle with fighting you perverts at the political level.
 
Granule said:
That'll be in wartime, comrade. Right now I have to settle with fighting you perverts at the political level.
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No it isn't. There is no war and there's damn near a 100% chance that there will be no war, other than the one you fantasize about in your head.
 
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did you miss the second worst economic downturn in u s history?

of course there are a lot of people on food stamps and on various forms of government assistance, called the safety net

deregulation of our banks led to this courtesy of conservatives and others that overlook human nature and its tendency to skirt if not flat out break laws for power and/or money
 
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Don Quixote said:
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did you miss the second worst economic downturn in u s history?

of course there are a lot of people on food stamps and on various forms of government assistance, called the safety net

deregulation of our banks led to this courtesy of conservatives and others that overlook human nature and its tendency to skirt if not flat out break laws for power and/or money
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The so called safety net has become a King size Select Comfort bed

Which is it?

Obama and his supporters are always talking about the "recovery" we are in

But when economic facts are presented, the same people tell us how many "poor" people there are and how they need "help"

It is human nature if you pay people not to work or to remain poor - they will stay unemployed and poor
 
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