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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.
Otherwise, current eligibility standards are unchanged from what they were before Obama took office, USDA officials say. Generally, those with incomes at or below 130% of the official poverty level, and savings of $2,000 or less, may receive aid. The income level is currently just over $29,000 a year for a family of four.
The economic downturn began in December 2007. In the 12 months before Obama was sworn in, 4.4 million were added to the rolls, triple the 1.4 million added in 2007.
Who gets food stamps?
47% of beneficiaries were children under age 18.
8% were age 60 or older.
41% lived in a household with earnings from a job the so-called "working poor."
The average household received a monthly benefit of $287.
49% were white (non-Hispanic); 26% were black or African American; and 20% were Hispanic (of any race).
Fact check: Gingrich's faulty food-stamp claim
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One statistic left out of the article is that 75% of those getting food stamps are families.
Republicans keep insisting that people getting food stamps don't work, when nearly half live in families who are working. But these people simply can't support a family on what they make. So Republicans, the party that wants to deny birth control, tells them not to have kids. Not all kids are as fortunate as "Bristol Palin". Some need help. They ARE working. They just aren't making it. So Republicans say, "Let them die"?
For many getting minimum wage, to those small businesses food stamps are a "business subsidy". Could you imagine how much worse this country would be if we really did follow "Let him die" and "Feed the poor and they'll breed". Republicans want to give subsidies to oil companies but not to struggling American families????
Michele Bachmann: If anyone will not work, neither should he eat
Michelle Bachmann says anyone who won't work should not eat. Who defines what "won't work" means? They are on unemployment? The don't have a job? They are losing their homes?
Otherwise, current eligibility standards are unchanged from what they were before Obama took office, USDA officials say. Generally, those with incomes at or below 130% of the official poverty level, and savings of $2,000 or less, may receive aid. The income level is currently just over $29,000 a year for a family of four.
The economic downturn began in December 2007. In the 12 months before Obama was sworn in, 4.4 million were added to the rolls, triple the 1.4 million added in 2007.
Who gets food stamps?
47% of beneficiaries were children under age 18.
8% were age 60 or older.
41% lived in a household with earnings from a job the so-called "working poor."
The average household received a monthly benefit of $287.
49% were white (non-Hispanic); 26% were black or African American; and 20% were Hispanic (of any race).
Fact check: Gingrich's faulty food-stamp claim
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One statistic left out of the article is that 75% of those getting food stamps are families.
Republicans keep insisting that people getting food stamps don't work, when nearly half live in families who are working. But these people simply can't support a family on what they make. So Republicans, the party that wants to deny birth control, tells them not to have kids. Not all kids are as fortunate as "Bristol Palin". Some need help. They ARE working. They just aren't making it. So Republicans say, "Let them die"?
For many getting minimum wage, to those small businesses food stamps are a "business subsidy". Could you imagine how much worse this country would be if we really did follow "Let him die" and "Feed the poor and they'll breed". Republicans want to give subsidies to oil companies but not to struggling American families????
Michele Bachmann: If anyone will not work, neither should he eat
Michelle Bachmann says anyone who won't work should not eat. Who defines what "won't work" means? They are on unemployment? The don't have a job? They are losing their homes?
