Posted on 05/13/2018 2:35:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
More than 2.2 million people have discontinued their participation in food stamps during President Trump’s first full year in office, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data on food stamp enrollment.
The latest USDA data shows that since Trump’s first full month in office in February 2017—when food stamp enrollment was at 42,289,366— participation in the program decreased by 2,257,235 to 40,032,131.
The continued decline in enrollment during Trump’s first full year is on pace with the steady decline in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation since 2013.
Before then, participation in the federal welfare program swelled to 47.6 million—the highest amount it has ever been since former President Lyndon Johnson authorized the creation of the food stamp program in 1964. Taxpayers spent $79.8 million on SNAP when enrollment reached its peak in 2013....
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same. We shop frugally, and yet it pisses me off when I see them using their EBT for the good food whilst we work , and have to do with the cheap food.
I hear you. Many of us work all hours , or have worked all our life in ordedr to try and build a better life for our families while others stay at home, sleep in, drink smoke, and then get to have the best food.
Come 4th July all of them are there using their welfare to buy the best burgers, steak, soda’s, chips etc, and it is us who pas for their crap.
We haven’t recovered from the Great Recession yet - which was FAR WORSE than the MSM ever admitted because if they had admitted how bad it really was, it would have embarrassed Obama and we couldn’t have that now could we? That said, under President Trump we are recovering. Things are genuinely getting better and the American people can see it as multiple recent surveys indicate. There are more jobs, pay is going up and people on public assistance are going down. Trump has gotten more done in one year than Obama did in 8.
They rarely advertise that here at our gas stations which is weird because we are a blue city. The leeches hang out at 7-11’s with their EBT cards but gas stations here, are mostly used by gas.
I actually YELLED at this AHOLE THIS WEEK who was using his EBT and he couldnt get his PIN right. Everyone was already agitated until I said “next time hurry up so the rest of us who are not on f***ng welfare can actually pay for our stuff!” (I was late for a meeting)
My dad never cared for C rations but was grateful when there wasn’t anything else on hand.
"THAT MEANS THEY ARE NOT EATING AT ALL!!!!!"
LOL Good for you.
I had an altercation about 4 3 years ago when a woman had two full carts, and then I saw her loading in a brand new car, and then going to the liquor store with the cash back she got.
I said loud to my wife it must be nice when others pay for your food and alcohol.
She shouted it was not my business,and I told her when I pay for it then it is my business.
She immediately started calling me cracker etc.
My wife just said to me that I should go as she is obviously an ignorant racist too.
She exploded then, but I guess they do not like having the race card thrown back at them either.
When I go to 7-11 and some puke YOUNGER than me asks for money, it takes a lot for me not to strangle these assholes. You know what they said on the Sopranos “men dont beg” by the great Paulie Gaultieri.
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
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