70% increase in Food Stamps Rolls under Obama

Odessa78 · 04-20-2012, 03:11 PM

The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that 45 million people in 2011 received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, a 70% increase from 2007. It said the number of people receiving the benefits, commonly known as food stamps, would continue growing until 2014.

Click for larger CBO infographic.Spending for the program, not including administrative costs, rose to $72 billion in 2011, up from $30 billion four years earlier. The CBO projected that one in seven U.S. residents received food stamps last year.

Food Stamp Rolls to Grow Through 2014, CBO Says - Real Time Economics - WSJ

chernmax · 04-20-2012, 04:00 PM

That's because the longer one receiving it, it's no longer a Hand Up but a Lifestyle!!!

TPD · 04-21-2012, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Odessa78

The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that 45 million people in 2011 received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, a 70% increase from 2007. It said the number of people receiving the benefits, commonly known as food stamps, would continue growing until 2014.

That is assuming he is NOT elected 4 more years!

nutz · 04-21-2012, 09:43 PM

How many fit this profile too? She won a million dollars but was still collecting food stamps. WTF?

Michigan $1 Million Lotto Winner Arrested on Welfare Fraud

TPD · 04-22-2012, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nutz

How many fit this profile too? She won a million dollars but was still collecting food stamps. WTF?

Michigan $1 Million Lotto Winner Arrested on Welfare Fraud

Is this the profile of the 1%?

04-20-2012, 03:11 PM	#1
Odessa78 Registered User Member Since: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,086	70% increase in Food Stamps Rolls under Obama The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that 45 million people in 2011 received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, a 70% increase from 2007. It said the number of people receiving the benefits, commonly known as food stamps, would continue growing until 2014. Click for larger CBO infographic.Spending for the program, not including administrative costs, rose to $72 billion in 2011, up from $30 billion four years earlier. The CBO projected that one in seven U.S. residents received food stamps last year. Food Stamp Rolls to Grow Through 2014, CBO Says - Real Time Economics - WSJ Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook __________________ “Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context.”
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chernmax NOT Politically Correct!! Member Since: Jul 2006 Location: Displaced New Yorker in Southern MD Posts: 15,384	That's because the longer one receiving it, it's no longer a Hand Up but a Lifestyle!!! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook __________________ “When somebody doesn't do the job, we gotta let ‘em go.” ~ Clint Eastwood
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nutz Registered User Member Since: Oct 2011 Posts: 809	How many fit this profile too? She won a million dollars but was still collecting food stamps. WTF? Michigan $1 Million Lotto Winner Arrested on Welfare Fraud Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Add post to Facebook
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