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Monday, September 21, 2015

Nearly 50 Million Americans Now on Food Stamps

Editor’s Note: And you know who makes the most money off of Food Stamps? Megabanks like JP Morgan Chase and big box stores like Walmart.

For much of the presidency of Barack Obama, a record number of Americans have subsisted in part or in whole on taxpayer-subsidized programs.

For much of his presidency, Obama has claimed that is because he “inherited” the worst economy in modern history and that government programs were necessary in order to keep families from starving.

In 2009, Obama and fellow Democrats declared the Great Recession officially over. In spite of this, the number of Americans who have become dependent on various food assistance programs is the highest it has ever been in relation to the total population.

Ed Feulner wrote in The Daily Caller that in 2008, fewer than 30 million Americans utilized the so-called “food stamp” program, which is administered by the Department of Agriculture. Today, that figure is roughly 46.5 million.

Even though the figure is down slightly from a high of 47.6 million in 2013, Feulner notes that the slight downtrend is not a good sign, according to the 2015 Index of Culture Opportunity.
Why are the dependency numbers staying so high?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

And some of the people who hate their country the most are collecting from tax payers.

Anonymous said...

doesn't it make you feel good, liberals, to know that JPMorgan has a vested interest in increasing food stamp usage?

Anonymous said...

93 million not working.

Anonymous said...

"Why are the dependency numbers staying so high?"

Because the dems are practically chasing people down the street trying to sign them up for it.. trying to get more people hooked on the free stuff.

Anonymous said...

There is much more than 50 million.

Anonymous said...

We all know this. Why r we talking about this. Let's vote out the Democrats.

Anonymous said...

They eat better than the rest of us.