The United States Census Bureau estimates that almost one out of every seven Americans receive food stamps. That’s a lot, considering the number of people in the United States to be around 324 million and the number of people receiving food stamps to be around 44 million. That’s almost 14 percent of the country’s population.
Able-bodied adult food stamp recipients without dependents have been the fastest-growing category of food stamp users under Obama, according to Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Robert Rector.
“In 2008 there were about a million [ABAWDs]. Now they’re at about 4.7 million. This is the most rapid growing part of the caseload,” Rector told Breitbart News in January. “ABAWDs are largely young adults who don’t work or are working off the books and hiding that income. They get a maximum of about $200 a month from the food stamp program.”
Rector, whose report on the issue was published in February, contends that half of able-bodied food stamp recipients don’t even spend their government benefits on food.
“What we found was 50 percent of the ABAWDs smoke cigarettes regularly and those who do smoke are spending about $111 per month on cigarettes. That’s about two-thirds of their Thrifty Food [Plan] allotment — what they are supposed to spend on food,” he said.
All food stamp recipients received up to $50.3 billion in benefits in 2009, when Obama took office. That number has increased to $66.6 billion. Able-bodied food stamp recipients reportedly cost tax payers approximately $11 billion annually.
What this shows, besides the fact that American tax payers are paying 11 billion dollars so millennials can smoke is that the Obama Administration has created a system of dependency in which people no longer want to work because they feel they feel they’re entitled to free things, or to work under the table. Statistically speaking, Americans are not better off than they were eight years ago, at least not economically. Somebody’s been fudging the numbers.
Source: westernjournalism.com
Thomas William Underwood is there a fact in there some where.
millions of illegals
And they get less than the ‘refugees’ who being from 3rd world countries are used to a lot less not more. No wonder they can afford to pool money to build mosques or fund terrorists.
You welfare case bastards better be lookin a job cause Trump is gonna stop that long term welfare and most of you have been on it since you turned 18 and yo$#%&!@*is over 40 for the most of you. LMMFWAO yo$#%&!@*will go to work now
His legacy is doing something and saying the opposite about it.
I would give anything to be able to work & not be hindered with End Stage Renal Disease & other complications which has caused me to be disabled. I’m not on food stamps by choice, & resent being lumped in with the “leeches” who are on food stamps but refuse to work.
There’s a lot of people just like me, who through no fault of their own were forced into the food stamp program.
If you have been a productive member of society, and now find that you are ill and can’t work. Then it is YOU who is entitled. I grew up in an America where we took care of those who could no longer care for themselves. They have stacked the deck against us all. Taken our tax money and handed it to those who don’t produce, and we circle the drain. I will pray for you and your health.
Thanks.
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