Posted on 01/17/2014 11:38:30 PM PST by Innovative
The number of Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs) receiving food stamps zoomed from 1.7 million to 3.9 million between Fiscal Year 2007 and Fiscal Year 2010. In that same period, food stamp recipients in total grew from 26 million to nearly 40 million.
Spending on food stamps now totals somewhere around $80 billion, twice what the number was in Fiscal Year 2008.
Presently, the work waivers foisted on the states by Obama allow ABAWDs to receive food stamps indefinitely--without working or preparing for work.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Mike’s a Threeper. He gets it. He’s been on BOTH sides of this debate, and he chose which side he belongs on. He’s a good man.
I’ve been aware of him since probably about the time he published his “What Good...?” essay.
Mike, along with Dave Codrea, broke Fast & Furious originally.
He’s a good one. Glad he saw the light.
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