As President Obama prepares to leave office, his legacy will include an increase in the number of Americans using food stamps.
The number of food stamps recipients went up by 10.7 million people, a 32 percent jump, since President Obama took office in 2009, according to data released by the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
In 2009, 33,490,000 people received food stamp benefits. As of October 2016, the last month reported for FY 2016, 44,219,123 people received food stamp benefits, an increase of about 10,729,000.
The U.S. population as of October 1, 2016 was 324,607,826, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Therefore, the 44,219,123 people on food stamps represented 13.6 percent of the population.
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I see a bigger problem here..So who s lobby supported this? Im sure the food industry is also poised to dominate our very lives? Monsanto, ADM, Kraft Foods? and the list goes on and on and on. All Profit from these "laws"its not about helping the poor its about Greed! The FDA in conjunction with the Food and Drug Industries run a never ending cycle a profit and greed. all at our expense. Look around we are fast becoming a cashless, GPS tracking, medical monitoring, freedomless concetration camp.. Only thing left is our own money, food and water. Those esstentials are next. While some anxiously await their fore head stamp
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ReplyDeleteHe is advertising food stamps in Mexico. Who is paying for that?
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