Posted on 11/10/2014 10:18:12 PM PST by PROCON
(CNSNews.com) - The number of beneficiaries on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--food stamps--has now topped 46,000,000 for 36 straight months, according to new data released by the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
From September 2011 through August 2014, the latest month for which data is available, the number of persons participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has exceeded 46 million.
In August 2014, according to USDA, there were 46,484,828 beneficiaries of the SNAP program. That was down slightly2,060 beneficiariesfrom the 46,486,888 who got food stamps in July.
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Indeed it’s why amnesty is next.
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When I see someone with their cart piled high around the first of the month - sometimes they even have TWO carts in tow - I know they aren’t paying for it themselves.
I try to get in line behind someone with just a few items in the bottom of their cart (like what I can afford) because I know those usually pay for it with money they’ve earned and I don’t have to leave the store fuming!
GREAT map, thanks!
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