Ray From Cleveland
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bedowin62 12746042going into obama's EIGHT AND FINAL YEAR; there are STILL bout 13 MILLION MORE on food stamps then there were under Bush.
The number of beneficiaries in April 2001 was 17.3 million.
The number of beneficiaries in April 2009 was 33.8 million
Bush43 produced an increase of 16.5 million on food stamps per month.
That is an increase of 95% over eight years.
The number of beneficiaries in August 2015 was 45.5 million
Obama produced an increase of 11.7 million on food stamps per month since April 2009.
That is an increase of 74% over six and a half years. But the numbers of recipients on food stamps per month has been in decline since October 2014.
Obama's record on food stamp recipients per month will be much lower than Bush's. At least 21% lower.
Bush is the food stamp president by a long shot. Obama, during the recovery from the Great Bush Recession, has not increased the number of Americans on food stamps per month as much as Bush did with his big recession at the end of his term.
Is Obama the 'food stamp president?'
By Tami Luhby @CNNMoneyJanuary 17, 2012:
"It's true that the food stamp rolls have swelled more under Obama's tenure than under his recent predecessors. Also, his 2009 Recovery Act allowed even more people to sign up.
The number of people in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has soared to an average 44.7 million in fiscal 2011, up 33% from fiscal 2009. Obama's stimulus act made it easier for childless, jobless adults to qualify for the program and increased the monthly benefit by about 15% through 2013.
In fiscal 2011, the federal government spent more than $75 billion on food stamps, which provided an average monthly benefit of $133.85 a month, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That's up from $34.6 billion at the end of fiscal 2008, when recipients collected an average benefit of $102.19."
Is Obama the 'food stamp president?'