Starting Friday, families receiving food stamp benefits will see a cut after a temporary increase expires.
Enrollment in food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, has soared. Some 47.6 million people, or nearly 15% of the population, get them, according to September federal data. That compares to 26.3 million, or 8.7% of the population, in 2007.The average benefit per person is $133.19 a month.
With over 47 million people facing a sparse holiday season and no new employment in sight in many areas, unrest is a potential problem. As we saw in October when the debit system that allows people on government assistance to buy food temporarily malfunctioned, stores were ransacked in Springhill and Mansfield, LA:
Source: CNN Money
Photo: OffGridSurvival
Now they know how the working class feel, trying to make it month to month.
Oh, boo-hoo..some lazy bum will now get only $750.mo instead of $786/mo for food. Try actually working and earn the money! I have to live off far less for food because of paying for lazy bums. I’m sick of it. I have no problem with a hand up, but handouts have to stop. As for you, David…you’re absolutely clueless.
All I can say and being polite is I’m lovin’ it.
Those “lazy bums” John Kearney actually work for a living. They used to make better money, but when the economy started to fall apart in 2007, they had to take the jobs that teenagers normally take. Notice the staff at the McDs and Burger King a re a lot older? They are near my house. “Lazy bums” they are not, so stop lying about them.
Sandi Vaz – Obama isn’t taking the food away, that was a GOP thing that slipped through.
yet millions upon millions in military aid to support corrupt governments that turn on us
Why not cut ALL food stamps? If there are no jobs people need to get off their butts. Neccessity is the mother of invention. Work together, barter for goods you need. Stop depending on the rest of society to give you hand outs. No wonder Americans aare becoming weaker and weaker with each generation. The government is training them to be weak and needy so they are easier to control.