TOTALLY GEEKED!

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
totallygeeked -> totallygeeked general -> Under Obama, 10.7 Million More Use Food Stamps—A 32 Percent Jump
Post Info TOPIC: Under Obama, 10.7 Million More Use Food Stamps—A 32 Percent Jump
Lady Gaga Snerd


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 25897
Date:
Under Obama, 10.7 Million More Use Food Stamps—A 32 Percent Jump
Permalink  
 

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.

The cost of food stamps to taxpayers also increased over the time Obama was in office.  As of 2009, all food stamp recipients received up to $50.3 billion in benefits.  As of 2016, that number has increased to $66.6 billion, an estimated increase of $16.3 billion.

 

The average monthly benefit for food stamp recipients, however, remains almost unchanged.  In 2009, food stamp recipients received an average monthly benefit of $125.31, while in 2016 they received $125.51.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/27/under-obama-10-7-million-more-use-food-stamps-a-32-percent-jump/

 



__________________

https://politicsandstuff.proboards.com/
I know what to do_sometimes


Frozen Sucks!

Status: Offline
Posts: 24384
Date:
Permalink  
 

But, but the economy is so much better and the unemployment rate is so low!

__________________

Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.

Frozen is the bestest movie ever, NOT!
Cheerios4606


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 2279
Date:
Permalink  
 

I want to poke my eye out every time I see that comment.

__________________
Southern_Belle


Nothing's Impossible

Status: Offline
Posts: 16913
Date:
Permalink  
 

Free stuff! Isn't that why everyone voted for Obummer?

__________________

A person's a person no matter how small.
lilyofcourse


My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Status: Offline
Posts: 38325
Date:
Permalink  
 

I don't know how so many get food stamps.

I was using them after I ran out of savings, but when I finally got disability, I lost the FS.

I need them more now than then and can't get them.



__________________

A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.

Charley Harper
Lady Gaga Snerd


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 25897
Date:
Permalink  
 

I really don' know Lilly. Seems like people who really need assistance can't get it. But other people have no problem getting it.

__________________

https://politicsandstuff.proboards.com/
lilyofcourse


My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Status: Offline
Posts: 38325
Date:
Permalink  
 

I know, it's ridiculous.



__________________

A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.

Charley Harper
Southern_Belle


Nothing's Impossible

Status: Offline
Posts: 16913
Date:
Permalink  
 

DD's friend really needs them. They told her she doesn't qualify unless she gets pregnant.

__________________

A person's a person no matter how small.
I know what to do_sometimes


Frozen Sucks!

Status: Offline
Posts: 24384
Date:
Permalink  
 

Southern_Belle wrote:

DD's friend really needs them. They told her she doesn't qualify unless she gets pregnant.

 That is ridiculous.  Our elderly, at least some, need the help but can't get them.  Plenty of illegal immigrants get them though.  I get that the states manage the FS system, but  it is supplemented by the federal gov't. We need to have the federal gov't not subsidize those states that give the benefit to illegals and legal healthy able bodied people.



__________________

Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.

Frozen is the bestest movie ever, NOT!
WYSIWYG


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 3029
Date:
Permalink  
 

And yet everyone that thinks the sun shines out of his arse doesn't raise even a bit of a fuss. Probably because things like this are ignored by the Mainstream Media, therefore the masses that support him don't know about it.

__________________
TrudyML


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 10458
Date:
Permalink  
 

I walk by the food stamp office here everyday. They start lining up at 7:30. They coach each other. You hear it as you walk by.

__________________
Honeys_Mom


Mod & Permanent Board Sweetheart

Status: Offline
Posts: 3348
Date:
Permalink  
 

TrudyML wrote:

I walk by the food stamp office here everyday. They start lining up at 7:30. They coach each other. You hear it as you walk by.

 I would love to see some of that misuse firmed up with the new administration - we'll see.



__________________

Coffee understands.
TrudyML


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 10458
Date:
Permalink  
 

Honeys_Mom wrote:
TrudyML wrote:

I walk by the food stamp office here everyday. They start lining up at 7:30. They coach each other. You hear it as you walk by.

 I would love to see some of that misuse firmed up with the new administration - we'll see.

I'd love to see it.  It is gross to watch.   



__________________
Lawyerlady


On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Status: Offline
Posts: 27192
Date:
Permalink  
 

Food stamps have a purpose, but they should not be a way of life.

__________________

LawyerLady

 

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. 
TrudyML


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 10458
Date:
Permalink  
 

Or have people buy them off you so you can use the money for new sneakers. Yep, seen that too!

__________________
I know what to do_sometimes


Frozen Sucks!

Status: Offline
Posts: 24384
Date:
Permalink  
 

TrudyML wrote:

Or have people buy them off you so you can use the money for new sneakers. Yep, seen that too!

 I want stores be required to see a picture ID for anyone using a CC, EBT card, or debit card.  That in itself would go a long way to preventing ID theft, CC fraud, and EBT fraud.  Simple fix.



__________________

Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.

Frozen is the bestest movie ever, NOT!
I know what to do_sometimes


Frozen Sucks!

Status: Offline
Posts: 24384
Date:
Permalink  
 

Lawyerlady wrote:

Food stamps have a purpose, but they should not be a way of life.

 I agree with the exception of the elderly.



__________________

Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.

Frozen is the bestest movie ever, NOT!
backpacker365


Newbie

Status: Offline
Posts: 96
Date:
Permalink  
 

I agree that people coach each other. People who need them but have maybe never collected don't know the right things to say and get denied.

__________________
I know what to do_sometimes


Frozen Sucks!

Status: Offline
Posts: 24384
Date:
Permalink  
 

backpacker365 wrote:

I agree that people coach each other. People who need them but have maybe never collected don't know the right things to say and get denied.

 but if you are telling the truth when asked questions by the welfare dept, you don't need to be coached.



__________________

Sometimes you're the windshield, and sometimes you're the bug.

Frozen is the bestest movie ever, NOT!
Lawyerlady


On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Status: Offline
Posts: 27192
Date:
Permalink  
 

The EBT card should be a government issued ID. Put their picture on it like a driver's license.

__________________

LawyerLady

 

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. 
WYSIWYG


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 3029
Date:
Permalink  
 

I agree, Lawyerlady. And it should require clerk ID checking. No "swipe and hold" by the user. It should require the clerk to put in the user's ID number from their driver's license, with random checking by some state agency, using "secret shoppers", for store compliance.

__________________
lilyofcourse


My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Status: Offline
Posts: 38325
Date:
Permalink  
 

I wonder how much longer til the chip on the card is placed under the skin.

You know, for security and to stop fraud.

__________________

A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.

Charley Harper
Lawyerlady


On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Status: Offline
Posts: 27192
Date:
Permalink  
 

lilyofcourse wrote:

I wonder how much longer til the chip on the card is placed under the skin.

You know, for security and to stop fraud.

 Ridiculous hyperbole.  Requiring identification to stop welfare fraud hasn't nothing to do with the mark of Satan.



__________________

LawyerLady

 

I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. 
lilyofcourse


My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Status: Offline
Posts: 38325
Date:
Permalink  
 

I wasn't thinking Mark of the Beast.

BUT

It's going to start somewhere.

It's already being tested.

You think it's hyerbole.

More like a valid line of thought.

Connect the dots.

It makes perfect, logical sense.

 



__________________

A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.

Charley Harper
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
totallygeeked -> totallygeeked general -> Under Obama, 10.7 Million More Use Food Stamps—A 32 Percent Jump


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse 		Powered by ActiveBoard