Liberals Claim Food Stamps as One of the Great American Success Stories (unemployment, Pelosi)

[jt800]

Success at last!




Maybe Obama can run on his food stamp record?

After all, Democrats believe it’s one of the great American success stories.

Heritage reported:

One in seven Americans is on food stamps. According to the left, this high rate of participation is part of what makes America exceptional. So boasts liberal political commentator Alan Colmes in Monday’s Wall Street Journal op-ed “How Democrats Made America Exceptional.”


Since the food stamps program began in the 1960s, the participation rate has soared from roughly one in 20 Americans to where it is today. Apparently, this is the liberal idea of progress.


And so anxious are they to make even greater strides that the Department of Agriculture was busily working to recruit more participants.


Today, the food stamps program is one of the largest and the fastest growing of the roughly 80 welfare programs funded by the federal government. Since 2000, spending has nearly quadrupled, with much of the growth taking place over the last four years. Since President Obama came to office, food stamps spending doubled from roughly $39 billion in 2008 to an estimated $85 billion in 2012.

[ObserverNY]

Pathetic. OBAMA MUST GO!

[stayinformed40]

This is truly pathetic. The left is totally unhinged.

[jt800]

Originally Posted by stayinformed40

This is truly pathetic. The left is totally unhinged.

Kind of reminds you of how Nancy Pelosi insisted that Unemployment Checks are a boon for the economy

[ObserverNY]

How come I didn't hear any cheers for Cash for Clunkers at the DNC?

[jt800]

Originally Posted by ObserverNY

How come I didn't hear any cheers for Cash for Clunkers at the DNC?

LOL.....probably for the same reason we didn't hear Obama tout that he's the Food Stamp, Welfare, and Disability Check king of American history.

[rikoshaprl]

Maybe some day, if Obama is re-elected, every American can receive food stamps. Then we will really be a successful country.

[kayfouroh]

Let the poor people starve. That is the American way.

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[walidm]

Originally Posted by jt800

Success at last!
Today, the food stamps program is one of the largest and the fastest growing of the roughly 80 welfare programs funded by the federal government. Since 2000, spending has nearly quadrupled, with much of the growth taking place over the last four years. Since President Obama came to office, food stamps spending doubled from roughly $39 billion in 2008 to an estimated $85 billion in 2012.
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Once the Republicans cratered the economy, they've determined their fellow citizens should be starved to death as further punishment for not supporting their agenda of "you're on your own".

Heaven forbid the citizens receive the benefit of programs they, their grand parents and great grandparents put into place as a safety net during crisis.


~good grief

[sickofnyc]

So while the recovery is moving along, granted it is slowly moving, but movng nevertheless, people should starve. Those fetuses that the right is oh so protective of that are now kids should suffer from malnutrition. Way to go "pro-lifers" and American patriots!

BTW...Where was the Republican's last POTUS at the RNC??? Any particular reason that he wasn't there to support the repeat of his agenda? The agenda that laid the groundwork for the economy that we are still climbing out of now.