Posted on 05/28/2013 4:21:48 PM PDT by Olog-hai
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), over two million Illinoisans—or 15.7 percent of the state’s population—are currently enrolled in food stamps.
The USDA’s latest data shows 2,023,635 Illinoisans were enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in February 2013. In February of 2012, 1,831,898 people took part in the program. That’s an increase of 10.5 percent in just one year.
Illinois was the only state to see a double-digit increase of the number of residents enrolled in the SNAP program from the same time period last year. …
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Obamaland!
Baraq “brings home the bacon” for his adopted state!
Let me guess. Most are from Chicago and most voted for Obama.
Oh SNAP!
This has nothing to do with how poor or needy people are. It has everything to do with a bunch of social workers signing up anyone they can to fatten the roles.
A big shout out and congratulations to Illinois! It looks like they’ll be getting the bonus from the Feds for the largest increase in Food Stamp enrollments. Way to go!
Probably another way welfare leeches can get money for crack.
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