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| You find this funny, Barack? |
During the tenure of President Barack Hussein Obama, D-Kenya, food stamp usage by Americans has risen from almost 32 million when he took office in Jan 2009 to almost 45 million at the end of Mar 2011.
That is roughly a 40% increase in food stamp use in just the past two years.
Moreover, the expense of this program has soared from $3.6 billion per month to almost $6 billion a month, which represents a 65% increase.
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| The EBT card |
President Obama has also given us the highest poverty rate in more than 50 years, currently around 15% of our population. The last time our poverty rate was this high was 1959.
All this while the White House is telling us that the recession is over, and the recovery is in full swing. It is pretty clear that someone is lying about "recovery" and "jobs saved" and "my plan worked!"
| SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | |||||
| (Data as of May 27, 2011) | |||||
| Fiscal | PARTICIPATION | BENEFIT | AVERAGE MONTHLY BENEFIT | ||
| Year | Persons | Households | COSTS | Per Person | Per Household |
| ANNUAL SUMMARY | |||||
| FY 2010 | 40,301,666 | 18,618,363 | 64,704,559,245 | 133.79 | 289.61 |
| FY 2009 | 33,489,975 | 15,232,115 | 50,359,917,015 | 125.31 | 275.51 |
| FY 2008 | 28,222,630 | 12,727,450 | 34,608,397,238 | 102.19 | 226.60 |
| MONTHLY DATA | |||||
| FY 2008 | |||||
| Oct 2007 | 27,007,059 | 12,147,478 | 2,763,946,525 | 102.34 | 227.53 |
| Nov 2007 | 27,153,727 | 12,208,064 | 2,766,370,199 | 101.88 | 226.60 |
| Dec 2007 | 27,385,524 | 12,312,552 | 2,789,090,515 | 101.85 | 226.52 |
| Jan 2008 | 27,580,481 | 12,431,141 | 2,778,842,340 | 100.75 | 223.54 |
| Feb 2008 | 27,547,495 | 12,435,938 | 2,779,283,488 | 100.89 | 223.49 |
| Mar 2008 | 27,770,417 | 12,546,256 | 2,814,003,256 | 101.33 | 224.29 |
| Apr 2008 | 27,967,760 | 12,641,595 | 2,838,248,777 | 101.48 | 224.52 |
| May 2008 | 28,244,913 | 12,762,569 | 2,871,358,394 | 101.66 | 224.98 |
| Jun 2008 | 28,509,720 | 12,886,157 | 2,900,078,521 | 101.72 | 225.05 |
| Jul 2008 | 28,862,959 | 13,052,852 | 2,957,149,326 | 102.45 | 226.55 |
| Aug 2008 | 29,258,947 | 13,219,213 | 2,984,537,425 | 102.00 | 225.77 |
| Sep 2008 | 31,382,561 | 14,085,583 | 3,365,488,472 | 107.24 | 238.93 |
| FY 2009 | |||||
| Oct 2008 | 30,841,790 | 13,900,815 | 3,697,627,592 | 119.89 | 266.00 |
| Nov 2008 | 30,884,729 | 13,963,078 | 3,561,221,137 | 115.31 | 255.05 |
| Dec 2008 | 31,567,037 | 14,284,026 | 3,648,865,577 | 115.59 | 255.45 |
| Jan 2009 | 31,983,716 | 14,499,693 | 3,633,188,682 | 113.60 | 250.57 |
| Feb 2009 | 32,332,622 | 14,677,736 | 3,703,673,185 | 114.55 | 252.33 |
| Mar 2009 | 32,928,433 | 14,982,155 | 3,776,012,112 | 114.67 | 252.03 |
| Apr 2009 | 33,524,074 | 15,269,505 | 4,499,580,155 | 134.22 | 294.68 |
| May 2009 | 34,171,518 | 15,578,702 | 4,596,450,757 | 134.51 | 295.05 |
| Jun 2009 | 34,882,031 | 15,916,305 | 4,675,320,239 | 134.03 | 293.74 |
| Jul 2009 | 35,602,939 | 16,259,749 | 4,779,752,451 | 134.25 | 293.96 |
| Aug 2009 | 36,241,857 | 16,560,753 | 4,851,752,501 | 133.87 | 292.97 |
| Sep 2009 | 36,918,948 | 16,892,857 | 4,936,472,627 | 133.71 | 292.22 |
| FY 2010 | |||||
| Oct 2009 | 37,672,818 | 17,253,466 | 5,070,842,158 | 134.60 | 293.90 |
| Nov 2009 | 38,183,998 | 17,516,853 | 5,107,135,932 | 133.75 | 291.56 |
| Dec 2009 | 38,978,986 | 17,886,338 | 5,244,898,952 | 134.56 | 293.23 |
| Jan 2010 | 39,430,990 | 18,117,955 | 5,253,958,400 | 133.24 | 289.99 |
| Feb 2010 | 39,588,798 | 18,242,836 | 5,287,836,749 | 133.57 | 289.86 |
| Mar 2010 | 40,120,061 | 18,531,999 | 5,375,721,434 | 133.99 | 290.08 |
| Apr 2010 | 40,430,508 | 18,696,426 | 5,390,405,728 | 133.33 | 288.31 |
| May 2010 | 40,801,375 | 18,894,473 | 5,450,290,971 | 133.58 | 288.46 |
| Jun 2010 | 41,275,457 | 19,143,488 | 5,503,801,482 | 133.34 | 287.50 |
| Jul 2010 | 41,836,240 | 19,435,378 | 5,601,253,390 | 133.89 | 288.20 |
| Aug 2010 | 42,389,614 | 19,721,843 | 5,677,210,696 | 133.93 | 287.86 |
| Sep 2010 | 42,911,141 | 19,979,296 | 5,741,203,353 | 133.79 | 287.36 |
| FY 2011 | |||||
| Oct 2010 | 43,200,837 | 20,183,107 | 5,778,377,811 | 133.76 | 286.30 |
| Nov 2010 | 43,595,821 | 20,404,804 | 5,811,261,526 | 133.30 | 284.80 |
| Dec 2010 | 44,082,361 | 20,668,184 | 5,890,121,141 | 133.62 | 284.98 |
| Jan 2011 | 44,187,874 | 20,748,799 | 5,868,434,271 | 132.81 | 282.83 |
| Feb 2011 | 44,199,479 | 20,791,408 | 5,889,248,221 | 133.24 | 283.25 |
| Mar 2011 | 44,587,328 | 21,045,962 | 5,984,186,682 | 134.21 | 284.34 |
| Data for Oct. 2008 include major hurricane disaster assistance. | |||||
| FY 2010-2011 data are preliminary; all data are subject to revision. | |||||
