Republicans, Race and foodstamps

[Bass v 2.0]

Gingrich's tough talk on food stamps may backfire | Reuters

"You used to hear all the comments when I was a kid about 'Welfare Cadillacs,' but that's not really something you see much," he said.

More and more food stamp recipients are like Susie, 59, who declined to give her last name at a food stamp office in Jacksonville.

"I am a Republican and a conservative ... and I had to swallow my pride today and come in and apply for benefits for the first time because I'm losing weight," Susie said.

The blonde, blue-eyed mother of grown children looks like a typical consumer at an upscale shopping mall. She said she has suffered a triple whammy since the recession began in 2007 - losing her house, business and marriage.

Susie, who described herself as an undecided voter, said the only work she has been able to find was as a part-time cashier at a Dollar Tree discount store.

Nationally, at least 36 percent of the 46 million people on food stamps are white, 22 percent are black, and 10 percent Hispanic, according to factcheck.org. The race of many participants is unknown.

Non-Hispanic whites make up about 63.7 percent of the U.S. population while blacks make up about 12.6 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

"A RISKY GAMBIT"

Gingrich casts Obama as "the greatest food stamp president in history."

That's not quite true - yet.

During George W. Bush's eight-year presidency 14.7 million people went on the food stamp rolls, a half-million more than in Obama's three years, according to factcheck.org, a nonpartisan group.

Economic times are so tough for many people that Gingrich's strategy of casting food stamps as a negative symbol could backfire, said David Roediger, a historian at the University of Illinois who has written extensively about class and race.

"It's an old appeal but it's a risky gambit. It may work less well now because in this economy so many white people are on food stamps, or know people who are on food stamps, and so many people have difficulty getting a job," Roediger said.

Everyone who gets foodstamps had to swallow their pride. When people have jobs its all good to rant how foodstamps users are all getting free rides getting over, that is until they need them when they're in a jam.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Being that there's 5 times as many whites as blacks. Well, of course. Still as a percentage of their population much more of them are on the free shit.

Of course that would take some intelligence of some math above most of your heads.

 

[Meathead]

It is pretty clear that, as Newt put it, Obama is the food stamp president. It'll be a hell of a legacy.

 

[ScienceRocks]

43% increase under this president. Yes he is the food stamp president!

Can we afford such? Likely not, but it doesn't matter to the socialist op above!

 

[Ravi]

Social safety nets are designed to kick in when times are hard.

Sometimes I wonder about the intelligence of people that post here.

 

[Meathead]

43% increase under this president. Yes he is the food stamp president!

Can we afford such? Likely not, but it doesn't matter to the socialist op above!

We have had much to learn from the Greeks throughout history. They still have things to teach us.

 

[SniperFire]

It is pretty clear that, as Newt put it, Obama is the food stamp president. It'll be a hell of a legacy.

America is in shock.

Obama has successfully devolved the 'shining city on the hill' into ugly an tribalism barely recognizable as the beacon of freedom it once stood for.


How far we have fallen:

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[ScienceRocks]

It's all about divide and hate with the democrats. All about getting their socialism through putting everyone against everyone.

Evil is what these people are.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Being that there's 5 times as many whites as blacks. Well, of course. Still as a percentage of their population much more of them are on the free shit.

Of course that would take some intelligence of some math above most of your heads.

Lying trolls:

FactCheck.org : Newt’s Faulty Food-Stamp Claim

FactCheck.org : Romney’s Food Stamp Stretch

 

[Old Rocks]

Tribalism and hate? Who on this board speaks the most hate? Who speaks most in terms of tribalism?

 

[Meathead]

Being that there's 5 times as many whites as blacks. Well, of course. Still as a percentage of their population much more of them are on the free shit.

Of course that would take some intelligence of some math above most of your heads.

Lying trolls:

FactCheck.org : Newt’s Faulty Food-Stamp Claim

FactCheck.org : Romney’s Food Stamp Stretch

Let's see, 4 years compared to 8 years.

From your link:
" We asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition service for month-by-month figures going back to January 2001. And they show that under President George W. Bush the number of recipients rose by nearly 14.7 million. Nothing before comes close to that.

And under Obama, the increase so far has been 14.2 million. To be exact, the program has so far grown by 444,574 fewer recipients during Obama’s time in office than during Bush’s."

My God, the man's got more than four more years to double Bush's total. With Obama's skills and policies we're probably talking tripe or even quadruple.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Meat,

They don't care about facts as they want socialism. Nothing else matters to them...

I thought Bush sucked, but goddamn Obama tops the cake.

 

[Stephanie]

oh goody..the lady had to go apply for food stamps because she was losing weight..

AND OF COURSE she is a REPUBLICAN and CONSERVATIVE....

garbage propaganda by rooters, they are famous for it...but people eat it up



there is no pride left in this country...NONE

 

[WillowTree]

It is pretty clear that, as Newt put it, Obama is the food stamp president. It'll be a hell of a legacy.

One for the history books. His UNemployment levels will be historical too.

 

[Katzndogz]

Foodstamps Surge By Most In One Year To New All Time Record, In Delayed Release | ZeroHedge


One glance at the number reveals why: at 47.1 million, this was not only a new all time record, but the monthly increase of 420,947 from July was the biggest monthly increase in one year. One can see why a reported surge in foodstamps ahead of the elections is something the USDA, and the administration may not have been too keen on disclosing.

 

[WillowTree]

Meat,

They don't care about facts as they want socialism. Nothing else matters to them...

I thought Bush sucked, but goddamn Obama tops the cake.

How does socialism generate cash aka a paycheck. I still don't know how that works. After they have regulated and taxed the corporations of capitalism out of the country what will they replace them with?

 

[ScienceRocks]

It is pretty clear that, as Newt put it, Obama is the food stamp president. It'll be a hell of a legacy.

One for the history books. His UNemployment levels will be historical too.

When the republicans refuse to pass a socialist bill for him the unemployment will be above 10 percent by Feb!

 

[ScienceRocks]

Meat,

They don't care about facts as they want socialism. Nothing else matters to them...

I thought Bush sucked, but goddamn Obama tops the cake.

How does socialism generate cash aka a paycheck. I still don't know how that works. After they have regulated and taxed the corporations of capitalism out of the country what will they replace them with?

The barrel of the gun if you read the history of the USSR and Mao's China!

 

[konradv]

A lot of those new food stamp recipients are Republicans who were insulted by Romney's 47% comment and either stayed home or voted for Obama. If there's no pride, it's be cause the Republicans give us no reason. They just say, work harder for less.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Republican-Heavy Counties Eat Up Most Food-Stamp Growth - Bloomberg

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said in May that he’d written off votes from 47 percent of Americans who are collecting government aid. Turns out many of them are part of his political base.

Seventy percent of counties with the fastest-growth in food-stamp aid during the last four years voted for the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by Bloomberg. They include Republican strongholds like King County, Texas, which in 2008 backed Republican John McCain by 92.6 percent, his largest share in the nation; and fast-growing Douglas County, Colorado.
That means Romney is counting on votes from areas where lower-income people have become more reliant on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as food stamps. Mark Baisley, who heads Douglas County’s Republican Party, said many recipients will back Romney in hopes he’ll improve the economy.

Sure, its totally all the Dems and minorities that want foodstamps, true conservatives who want less govt would never take a govt hand out.