46,609,072 People on Food Stamps in 2012

JBond · Mar 11, 2013

On Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture quietly released new statistics related to the food stamps program, officially known as SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The numbers reveal, in 2012, the food stamps program was the biggest it's ever been, with an average of 46,609,072 people on the program every month of last year. 47,791,996 people were on the program in the month of December 2012.

"Amazingly, the federal government says that the more people we have on food stamps, the more it grows the economy. The Department of Agriculture proudly declares: ‘Each $5 in new [food stamp] benefits generates almost twice that amount in economic activity for the community.’ Our government is running food stamp promotions at foreign embassies. One worker was given an award for overcoming ‘mountain pride’ and getting more people to sign up. Where I grew up in Alabama, all honest work, even the hardest, was honored. And pride, self-respect, and a desire to be independent was valued, not a thing to be overcome," said Sessions, who delivered the weekly Republican address.

Sessions also pointed out that cities like Baltimore, which he said have have been "governed by liberal policies for decades," see particularly high numbers of participation in the program.

"Despite this fountain of federal funds, 1 in 3 children still live in poverty in our nation’s capital. Two in three children live in single parent homes. In nearby Baltimore--another city governed by liberal policies for decades--1 in 3 residents are on food stamps and in 1 in 3 youth live in poverty. Americans are committed to helping our sisters and brothers who are struggling, but we are seeing the damaging human consequences of our broken welfare state," said Sessions.

"We spend a trillion dollars each year on federal poverty programs. That’s more than the budget for Social Security or Defense. But poverty seems only to increase. Something is wrong. Compassion demands that we change."

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Cowboysrule122 · Mar 11, 2013

Fuckin' ridiculous.

JBond · Mar 11, 2013

Cowboysrule122 said:
Fuckin' ridiculous.

The laughable part is that democrats believe that food stamps are a better for the economy than people working and taking care of themselves. Anyone else sick of fat bastards at the grocery store with carts full of crap paying for their shit with my money?

VTA · Mar 11, 2013

Bottom up economics JBond.
It does a nation good.

Sam I Am · Mar 11, 2013

Food stamps. It does a body good!

Cowboysrule122 · Mar 11, 2013

JBond said:
The laughable part is that democrats believe that food stamps are a better for the economy than people working and taking care of themselves. Anyone else sick of fat bastards at the grocery store with carts full of crap paying for their shit with my money?

Ayuh and most of them have better cars than we do. They eat steak for dinner and we have TV dinners.

Sam I Am · Mar 11, 2013

Cowboysrule122 said:
Ayuh and most of them have better cars than we do. They eat steak for dinner and we have TV dinners.

:hand What's this we shit? I don't freaking eat TV dinners.

VTA · Mar 11, 2013

Sam I Am said:
:hand What's this we shit? I don't freaking eat TV dinners.

Digiorno?

Cowboysrule122 · Mar 11, 2013

Sam I Am said:
:hand What's this we shit? I don't freaking eat TV dinners.

Either do I, I just felt the need to put that in there because some do.

peplaw06 · Mar 11, 2013

There's an epidemic of people on food stamps selling them for below market value so they can get drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, etc. that they can't get with food stamps. Heard of someone who works for the government buying say $100 worth of food stamps for $50, and did it while they were working.

Sam I Am · Mar 11, 2013

VTA said:
Digiorno?

Home made chili or torilla soup. You've got to make it home made up here. I wouldn't feed the chili they make up here to my dog and their torilla soup is about as bland as you can possible get.

I do miss Texas when it comes to Mexican food. (well, TexMex)

VTA · Mar 11, 2013

Awesome. In the spirit of President Robin Hoods change, I vote we turn the Sam I Am residence into a local food bank, complete with home made TexMex! (Sounds so good I'm thinking of losing my job and becoming needy)

It'll be an awesome tax write off.

Bob Sacamano · Mar 11, 2013

Hate to say it, [edit]

Then don't, fuckface.

Regards,

Midswat

Cowboysrule122 · Mar 11, 2013

Bob Sacamano said:
Hate to say it,

That's not entirely true.

superpunk · Mar 11, 2013

I wonder why?

The number of Americans who live within 125 percent of the federal poverty level is expected to reach an all-time high of 66 million in 2012

hurrr-duur obama #poorpeoplestopbeingpoor

Sam I Am · Mar 11, 2013

superpunk said:
I wonder why?

Population growth?

superpunk · Mar 11, 2013

also that.

JBond · Mar 11, 2013

VTA said:
Awesome. In the spirit of President Robin Hoods change, I vote we turn the Sam I Am residence into a local food bank, complete with home made TexMex! (Sounds so good I'm thinking of losing my job and becoming needy)

It'll be an awesome tax write off.

and it will help the economy. Damn working people are fucking everything up. That is the reason the economy has been struggling.

JBond · Mar 11, 2013

superpunk said:
I wonder why?

Stupid greedy liberals that have created a permanent slave class to control their votes? Your just a house ni**er shilling for the master.

superpunk · Mar 11, 2013

right it couldn't be that we have record numbers of people on government assistance because the economy was thrown in the shitter, the wealth disparity is bigger than ever and more people than ever before are at or near the poverty line.

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