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According to Bloomberg News, “Food-stamp use reached a record 46.7 million people in June.”
More from the same news story: “Food-stamp spending, which has more than doubled in four years to a record $75.7 billion in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2011, is the USDA’s biggest annual expense. Republicans in Congress have criticized the cost of the program, and the House budget plan approved in April sponsored by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the party’s vice-presidential nominee, would cut expenses by $33 billion over 10 years.”
Newt Gingrich nailed it: Barack Obama is “the most successful food stamp president in American History.”
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RJ| 9.4.12 @ 2:56PM
Nancy Pelosi must be very happy. As she said there is no better way to "stimulate" the economy than to issue unemployment checks.
lsudolemite| 9.4.12 @ 2:56PM
So the USDA spends $75B in ONE year on food stamps, and the best we can do is cut that amount in half over TEN years? Good freakin grief.
aware| 9.4.12 @ 5:49PM
The real blame for what is happening, and what will happen, belongs to Alan Greenspan and his successor. But if it makes you feel better just keep pounding those straw men. That's what we (s)elect them for.
Occam's Tool| 9.4.12 @ 8:27PM
It is hard to get an economy going when you threaten to whip your best for being your best.
Obama will lose in November and taxes will be properly cut.