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:
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more money to send to terrorists
But let’s give hundreds of millions to foreign countries and slice spending on our own. F**k you Obama
Obama is just asking for trouble he wont be aable to deal with
PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HE WILL START NOW BECAUSE HE HAS YOUR VOTE NOW HE DOSENT CARE SO HES TAKNG FROM YOU ALL .TO MAKE START FALLING APART,HE GOT WHAT HE NEEDS NOW HES GOING TO DESTROY US ALL ,NEXT TIME MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ALL ABOUT YOUR VOTES,,,WE KNEW WHAT HE WAS UP TO BUT YOU FREELOADERS OUT THERE WANTED FREE THINGS ,OVER YOU FREEDOM,HOWS THAT WORKING FOR YOU NOW,WELCOME TO THE TAX PAYERS WORLD
how can you people post such blatant lies.
He turned away our Vets from their monument now hes taking the peoples food away. But yet he sends money to the middle east have we learned anything here yet? F**king Muslim hell bent on destroying the US and the stupid ass semi coma tose politicians do nothing.
Well said Charles the GOP wants to cut cut cut . Guess people don’t believe in facts no more. You ignorant people the GOP is causing all this. People dot seem to understand the president isn’t a legislator . You stupid GOP congress is doing it. Remember who has he house right now oh yeah it’s the Republican Party . Ding ding
Glenn Beck predicted this 4-5 years ago — and I thought he was nuts! not so sure about that now.
It’s funny the same people that complain about people being on foodstamps are the same ones bitching about them being cut. Make up ur minds
Obama did what?!? Boy, can I have what you people are smoking???