Food Stamps

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The Facts on Food Stamps

http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/the_facts_on_food_stamps.html

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“… since President Obama took office, the non-citizenson food stamps has nearly doubled.”

http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/non-citizens-food-stamps-quadrupled-2001_653315.html

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If Every Food Stamp Recipient Voted For Obama, It Would Account For 75% Of His [Re-election] Total

http://cnsnews.com/blog/ron-meyer/if-every-food-stamp-recipient-voted-obama-it-would-account-75-his-total

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Food Stamp Growth 75X Greater than Job Creation [since January, 2009]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/food-stamp-growth-75x-greater-job-creation_660073.html

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“Unaffected by welfare reform in the 1990s, food stamps is an expensive, old-style entitlement program that discourages work, rewards idleness, and promotes long-term dependence…. under President Obama’s proposed budget, food stamp spending will not return to pre-recession levels when the economy recovers. Instead, it will remain well above historic norms…“

http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/pdf/b2708.pdf

[ASND reminds readers, however, that President Obama has unilaterally (i.e. autocratically) repealed many of the congressionally argued and approved welfare reforms signed into law by President Clinton.]

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“A young Michigan woman who recently won $1 million in the state lottery is causing national outrage today as she refuses to stop using her electronic food-stamp card.“

http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/1-million-winner-wont-get-off-food-stamps/print/

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“Some of the record total of 46.3 million recipients of food stamps — a federal welfare program — have traded their benefits at a discount with corrupt retailers to get cash to buy drugs and weapons…“

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ig-welfare-recipients-traded-food-stamps-cash-buy-drugs-and-guns

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[Obama’s] USDA Lets Retailers Convicted of Food Stamp Fraud Stay in Food Stamp Program

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/usda-lets-retailers-convicted-food-stamp-fraud-stay-food-stamp-program

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A nightclub in Montgomery, Ala. is raising eyebrows by hosting a “Food Stamp Friday” party on April 6 that seems to glamorize life on the federal government’s food assistance program.

http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/30/alabama-nightclub-raises-eyebrows-with-food-stamp-friday-party/?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=culturewatch

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“While spending on the food stamp program has increased 100 percent under President Barack Obama, the government continues to push more Americans to enroll in the welfare program.“

http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/27/usda-suggests-food-stamp-parties-games-to-increase-participation/

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“The federal government’s major food-assistance program pays out as much as $2.1 billion annually for the purchases of sugar-sweetened drinks, according to a new study.”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/20/researchers-fault-food-stamp-program-for-subsidizing-2b-year-in-sugary-drinks/#ixzz2704ICnSQ?test=latestnews

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Under Obama, Food Stamp Costs Growing Much Faster than Food Stamp Rolls

http://pjmedia.com/blog/obama-food-stamp-costs/?print=1

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Obama’s food stamp epidemic

http://www.lauraingraham.com/b/Obamas-food-stamp-epidemic/572782412160261364.html

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The Food-Stamp Crime Wave

The number of food-stamp recipients has soared to 44 million from 26 million in 2007. Not surprisingly, fraud and abuse are rampant.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304657804576401412033504294.html

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