Why are republicans so stupid when it comes to Food Stamps?

[JonKoch]

Never saw a poor Republican?

If all Republicans work & don't get any government benefits, why do Red States lead the pack in welfare type programs?

A red state does not mean everybody in that state is a Republican. If that were the case, there would be no need for local and state elections. States don't get welfare--people in states get welfare.

We in Ohio are a swing state, but currently pretty red. We have several large cities where Democrats dwell. That's where a lot of our population lives, and that's where you'll most likely find the welfare types.

Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base
Republicans want to shrink government. But their core voters benefit from assistance, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the most.

Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base



The Food Stamp Capital of the U.S. is WHITE and REPUBLICAN

US Food Stamp Capital Is 99% WHITE And 95% REPUBLICAN!!!


...It’s Owsley County, Kentucky. A place that is said to be 99.22% white and 95% Republican!

US Food Stamp Capital Is 99% WHITE And 95% REPUBLICAN!!! | Urban Intellectuals


According to the 2010 census reports, Owsley County has the second highest level of child poverty of any county in the United States. In terms of income per household, the county is the poorest in the nation

Between 1980 and 2014, the rate of death from cancer in the county increased by 45.6 percent, the largest such increase of any county in the United States.
Owsley County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

 

[JonKoch]

You mean it doesn't matter how big of a hole 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies was?


The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) dates the beginning of the recession as December 2007. According to the Department of Labor, roughly 8.7 million jobs were shed from February 2008 to February 2010, and GDP contracted by 5.1%

U.S. household wealth fell by about $16.4 trillion of net worth




August 17, 2015

Poverty was already on the upswing when Obama took office as the economy hurtled toward recession. Before George W. Bush took office, the poverty rate was 11.3 percent. When he left, it was 14.3 percent. So it's not as if Obama interrupted a rapidly improving poverty rate. In fact, as stated above, the trajectory of poverty has turned around under Obama, and it now appears to be falling.

Fact Check: Is It Obama's Fault That Poverty Has Grown?

No kidding, 8 fricken years later it's still Bush's fault.

Sorry, I forgot 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies stopped the day he left office, ALL policy from GOP Prez's do, EXCEPT Ronnie's 17 year economic miracle BJ Bill rode

Apparently you forget a whole lot more than you remember.
Are there more welfare recipients in the U.S. than full-time workers?

There were more people on welfare than working in 2013.

WANT TO TRY AGAIN CUPCAKE, YOUR LINK DIDN'T PROVE WHAT YOU THOUGHT

Might want to consider reading the article, dumbass. Here, let me help, only because I know how fricken lazy you lefties can be, try reading last 2 paragraphs.

NOT how a posit works cupcake, MAKE A POSIT, then linkie. Sorry cupcake

 

[Rustic]

Never saw a poor Republican?

If all Republicans work & don't get any government benefits, why do Red States lead the pack in welfare type programs?

A red state does not mean everybody in that state is a Republican. If that were the case, there would be no need for local and state elections. States don't get welfare--people in states get welfare.

We in Ohio are a swing state, but currently pretty red. We have several large cities where Democrats dwell. That's where a lot of our population lives, and that's where you'll most likely find the welfare types.

Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base
Republicans want to shrink government. But their core voters benefit from assistance, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the most.

Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base



The Food Stamp Capital of the U.S. is WHITE and REPUBLICAN

US Food Stamp Capital Is 99% WHITE And 95% REPUBLICAN!!!


...It’s Owsley County, Kentucky. A place that is said to be 99.22% white and 95% Republican!

US Food Stamp Capital Is 99% WHITE And 95% REPUBLICAN!!! | Urban Intellectuals


According to the 2010 census reports, Owsley County has the second highest level of child poverty of any county in the United States. In terms of income per household, the county is the poorest in the nation

Between 1980 and 2014, the rate of death from cancer in the county increased by 45.6 percent, the largest such increase of any county in the United States.
Owsley County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

The GOP establishment are not conservatives… Jack weed

 

[JBond]

1) The cost of food stamps is a small fraction of the overall welfare budget

2) 2/3 of those on food stamps are kids

3) Few people even qualify for food stamps because it is reserved for the poorest of the poor. It's a program way behind on the rate of inflation as well.

4) Some Veterans are on food stamps.

5) Any adult on food stamps has a job

Republicans in congress are either complete assholes or are willfully ignorant.

But hey i get it: it gives republicans hard ons to say "i don't need a handout! I provide! I'm tough as nails! Derp, derp, derp!" They then pretend complete falsehoods or stereotypes about the program because it makes them feel more manly i guess.

Why can't facts ever permeate the republican bubble?

Any adult on food stamps has a job? Really? Billy is a lying POS. Typical. Average dem mind set.

 

[OKTexas]

Show us one on Entitlement spending son.

Sure cupcake

2017’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States


Most Federally Dependent States

Rank
(1 = Most Dependent)

State

Total Score

‘State Residents’ Dependency’ Rank

‘State Government’s Dependency’ Rank

1 Kentucky 76.16 6 5
2 Mississippi 75.59 7 1
3 New Mexico 73.88 3 17
4 Alabama 72.45 4 14
5 West Virginia 68.97 5 15
6 South Carolina 68.17 2 31
7 Montana 65.91 14 4
8 Tennessee 61.76 20 3
9 Maine 61.02 13 9
10 Indiana 59.18 7 23
11 Arizona 59.08 15 11
12 Louisiana 55.39 40 2
13 South Dakota 53.57 24 7
14 Missouri 52.66 31 6
15 Oregon 51.51 23 10
16 Georgia 49.81 34 8
17 Idaho 49.64 19 19
18 Vermont 49.56 18 20
19 Wyoming 48.80 26 12
20 Maryland 48.18 11 32
21 Oklahoma 47.78 21 18
22 Pennsylvania 46.15 17 30
23 Alaska 45.81 10 40
24 Rhode Island 45.05 36 16
25 Florida 43.84 27 22
26 Ohio 42.25 45 13
27 Arkansas 42.12 38 21
28 North Carolina 41.63 32 25
29 Hawaii 41.63 9 46
30 Iowa 41.38 33 26
31 Wisconsin 41.09 16 38
32 North Dakota 40.46 1 50
33 Michigan 40.43 35 27
34 New York 37.65 44 24
35 Texas 36.81 42 28
36 Washington 35.32 30 33
37 Colorado 35.20 29 34
38 Virginia 34.43 12 49
39 Nebraska 33.78 47 29
40 Utah 33.28 28 35
41 New Hampshire 31.11 37 36
42 Connecticut 27.80 22 48
43 Massachusetts 27.36 46 37
44 Nevada 26.94 25 47
45 Kansas 25.39 39 45
46 California 25.36 41 43
47 Illinois 23.96 48 41
48 New Jersey 23.84 49 39
49 Minnesota 23.09 43 44
50 Delaware 21.32 50 42

2017’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States

Entitlement spending by President son. I cannot be side tracked.

Cupcake, why don't YOU present that since YOU want it.


But how about showing 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator policies versus Obama's?

How is that snowflake?

Yeah, that great maobama economy, all those people going to work, yet the welfare has remained constant. Explain how that works.

.

You mean the hole Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies dug US into? Weird right? Care to explain why we should allow those "job creators" to keep their sustained lowest EFFECTIVE tax rate since before the GOP's first great depression, and Cheeto and Comp want to gut their taxes even more? Maybe those "job creators" who are going to get HUGE tax breaks (Walmart's Walton family alone a $52 BILLION further tax reduction) via Cheeto's policies need to create well paying jobs that get people off of Gov't teet? Instead of US continuing to subsidize them?

So you're saying your dear leader didn't do such a great job after all, since the welfare rolls during his time reached record numbers and remained there the whole 8 years? And you want more of the same?

 

[JonKoch]

Never saw a poor Republican?

If all Republicans work & don't get any government benefits, why do Red States lead the pack in welfare type programs?

A red state does not mean everybody in that state is a Republican. If that were the case, there would be no need for local and state elections. States don't get welfare--people in states get welfare.

We in Ohio are a swing state, but currently pretty red. We have several large cities where Democrats dwell. That's where a lot of our population lives, and that's where you'll most likely find the welfare types.

Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base
Republicans want to shrink government. But their core voters benefit from assistance, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the most.

Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP's Base



The Food Stamp Capital of the U.S. is WHITE and REPUBLICAN

US Food Stamp Capital Is 99% WHITE And 95% REPUBLICAN!!!


...It’s Owsley County, Kentucky. A place that is said to be 99.22% white and 95% Republican!

US Food Stamp Capital Is 99% WHITE And 95% REPUBLICAN!!! | Urban Intellectuals


According to the 2010 census reports, Owsley County has the second highest level of child poverty of any county in the United States. In terms of income per household, the county is the poorest in the nation

Between 1980 and 2014, the rate of death from cancer in the county increased by 45.6 percent, the largest such increase of any county in the United States.
Owsley County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

The GOP establishment are not conservatives… Jack weed

Oh right the CONservatives only vote for the GOP, they aren't really GOPers

 

[JonKoch]

1) The cost of food stamps is a small fraction of the overall welfare budget

2) 2/3 of those on food stamps are kids

3) Few people even qualify for food stamps because it is reserved for the poorest of the poor. It's a program way behind on the rate of inflation as well.

4) Some Veterans are on food stamps.

5) Any adult on food stamps has a job

Republicans in congress are either complete assholes or are willfully ignorant.

But hey i get it: it gives republicans hard ons to say "i don't need a handout! I provide! I'm tough as nails! Derp, derp, derp!" They then pretend complete falsehoods or stereotypes about the program because it makes them feel more manly i guess.

Why can't facts ever permeate the republican bubble?

Any adult on food stamps has a job? Really? Billy is a lying POS. Typical. Average dem mind set.

The overwhelming majority of SNAP recipients who can work do so. Among SNAP households with at least one working-age, non-disabled adult, more than half work while receiving SNAP — and more than 80 percent work in the year prior to or the year after receiving SNAP. The rates are even higher for families with children — more than 60 percent work while receiving SNAP, and almost 90 percent work in the prior or subsequent year.

The Relationship Between SNAP and Work Among Low-Income Households

 

[JonKoch]

Sure cupcake

2017’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States


Most Federally Dependent States

Rank
(1 = Most Dependent)

State

Total Score

‘State Residents’ Dependency’ Rank

‘State Government’s Dependency’ Rank

1 Kentucky 76.16 6 5
2 Mississippi 75.59 7 1
3 New Mexico 73.88 3 17
4 Alabama 72.45 4 14
5 West Virginia 68.97 5 15
6 South Carolina 68.17 2 31
7 Montana 65.91 14 4
8 Tennessee 61.76 20 3
9 Maine 61.02 13 9
10 Indiana 59.18 7 23
11 Arizona 59.08 15 11
12 Louisiana 55.39 40 2
13 South Dakota 53.57 24 7
14 Missouri 52.66 31 6
15 Oregon 51.51 23 10
16 Georgia 49.81 34 8
17 Idaho 49.64 19 19
18 Vermont 49.56 18 20
19 Wyoming 48.80 26 12
20 Maryland 48.18 11 32
21 Oklahoma 47.78 21 18
22 Pennsylvania 46.15 17 30
23 Alaska 45.81 10 40
24 Rhode Island 45.05 36 16
25 Florida 43.84 27 22
26 Ohio 42.25 45 13
27 Arkansas 42.12 38 21
28 North Carolina 41.63 32 25
29 Hawaii 41.63 9 46
30 Iowa 41.38 33 26
31 Wisconsin 41.09 16 38
32 North Dakota 40.46 1 50
33 Michigan 40.43 35 27
34 New York 37.65 44 24
35 Texas 36.81 42 28
36 Washington 35.32 30 33
37 Colorado 35.20 29 34
38 Virginia 34.43 12 49
39 Nebraska 33.78 47 29
40 Utah 33.28 28 35
41 New Hampshire 31.11 37 36
42 Connecticut 27.80 22 48
43 Massachusetts 27.36 46 37
44 Nevada 26.94 25 47
45 Kansas 25.39 39 45
46 California 25.36 41 43
47 Illinois 23.96 48 41
48 New Jersey 23.84 49 39
49 Minnesota 23.09 43 44
50 Delaware 21.32 50 42

2017’s Most & Least Federally Dependent States

Entitlement spending by President son. I cannot be side tracked.

Cupcake, why don't YOU present that since YOU want it.


But how about showing 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator policies versus Obama's?

How is that snowflake?

Yeah, that great maobama economy, all those people going to work, yet the welfare has remained constant. Explain how that works.

.

You mean the hole Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies dug US into? Weird right? Care to explain why we should allow those "job creators" to keep their sustained lowest EFFECTIVE tax rate since before the GOP's first great depression, and Cheeto and Comp want to gut their taxes even more? Maybe those "job creators" who are going to get HUGE tax breaks (Walmart's Walton family alone a $52 BILLION further tax reduction) via Cheeto's policies need to create well paying jobs that get people off of Gov't teet? Instead of US continuing to subsidize them?

So you're saying your dear leader didn't do such a great job after all, since the welfare rolls during his time reached record numbers and remained there the whole 8 years? And you want more of the same?

You meant the hole 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies PUT US IN and Cheeto wants to put it on steroids??

 

[OKTexas]

Entitlement spending by President son. I cannot be side tracked.

Cupcake, why don't YOU present that since YOU want it.


But how about showing 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator policies versus Obama's?

How is that snowflake?

Yeah, that great maobama economy, all those people going to work, yet the welfare has remained constant. Explain how that works.

.

You mean the hole Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies dug US into? Weird right? Care to explain why we should allow those "job creators" to keep their sustained lowest EFFECTIVE tax rate since before the GOP's first great depression, and Cheeto and Comp want to gut their taxes even more? Maybe those "job creators" who are going to get HUGE tax breaks (Walmart's Walton family alone a $52 BILLION further tax reduction) via Cheeto's policies need to create well paying jobs that get people off of Gov't teet? Instead of US continuing to subsidize them?

So you're saying your dear leader didn't do such a great job after all, since the welfare rolls during his time reached record numbers and remained there the whole 8 years? And you want more of the same?

You meant the hole 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies PUT US IN and Cheeto wants to put it on steroids??

Wait a minute, you're the one that posted all these great jobs numbers for your dear leader. Are you seriously saying the mulatto messiah only created shit welfare jobs?

.

 

[JonKoch]

Cupcake, why don't YOU present that since YOU want it.


But how about showing 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator policies versus Obama's?

How is that snowflake?

Yeah, that great maobama economy, all those people going to work, yet the welfare has remained constant. Explain how that works.

.

You mean the hole Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies dug US into? Weird right? Care to explain why we should allow those "job creators" to keep their sustained lowest EFFECTIVE tax rate since before the GOP's first great depression, and Cheeto and Comp want to gut their taxes even more? Maybe those "job creators" who are going to get HUGE tax breaks (Walmart's Walton family alone a $52 BILLION further tax reduction) via Cheeto's policies need to create well paying jobs that get people off of Gov't teet? Instead of US continuing to subsidize them?

So you're saying your dear leader didn't do such a great job after all, since the welfare rolls during his time reached record numbers and remained there the whole 8 years? And you want more of the same?

You meant the hole 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies PUT US IN and Cheeto wants to put it on steroids??

Wait a minute, you're the one that posted all these great jobs numbers for your dear leader. Are you seriously saying the mulatto messiah only created shit welfare jobs?

.

Sorry cupcake, I'm just saying after 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies, the US lost 600,000+ jobs AND lost another 4 million in 2009 before Obama policies kicked in. Obama saw 16 million private sector jobs starting March 2010, the same year "job killer" Obamacares was passed? Weird right cupcake??

Were those jobs "shit welfare" jobs? Record Corp profits, lowest tax burden since before the great GOP depression? Maybe time to get rid of GOP policies like trickle down, if the "job creators" aren't doing their part??

 

[OKTexas]

Yeah, that great maobama economy, all those people going to work, yet the welfare has remained constant. Explain how that works.

.

You mean the hole Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies dug US into? Weird right? Care to explain why we should allow those "job creators" to keep their sustained lowest EFFECTIVE tax rate since before the GOP's first great depression, and Cheeto and Comp want to gut their taxes even more? Maybe those "job creators" who are going to get HUGE tax breaks (Walmart's Walton family alone a $52 BILLION further tax reduction) via Cheeto's policies need to create well paying jobs that get people off of Gov't teet? Instead of US continuing to subsidize them?

So you're saying your dear leader didn't do such a great job after all, since the welfare rolls during his time reached record numbers and remained there the whole 8 years? And you want more of the same?

You meant the hole 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies PUT US IN and Cheeto wants to put it on steroids??

Wait a minute, you're the one that posted all these great jobs numbers for your dear leader. Are you seriously saying the mulatto messiah only created shit welfare jobs?

.

Sorry cupcake, I'm just saying after 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies, the US lost 600,000+ jobs AND lost another 4 million in 2009 before Obama policies kicked in. Obama saw 16 million private sector jobs starting March 2010, the same year "job killer" Obamacares was passed? Weird right cupcake??

Were those jobs "shit welfare" jobs? Record Corp profits, lowest tax burden since before the great GOP depression? Maybe time to get rid of GOP policies like trickle down, if the "job creators" aren't doing their part??

All the policies in place right now are your dear leaders, when does he take responsibility for not lowering the numbers on welfare and food stamps?

.

 

[IM2]

.Wrong. Republicans obstructed job programs initiated by Obama.

The reality here is that conservatives have been a thorn in the side of progress ever since they took over in 1994. The almost took us to a depression during Bush, and Obama created jobs for more than 6. years straight . Things could have and would have been better had it not been for republicans deciding they would fight for power instead of for America. This has been our problem and now that we have Trump with a republican majority in the house ad senate, the problem will be magnified.

 

[OKTexas]

.Wrong. Republicans obstructed job programs initiated by Obama.

The reality here is that conservatives have been a thorn in the side of progress ever since they took over in 1994. The almost took us to a depression during Bush, and Obama created jobs for more than 6. years straight . Things could have and would have been better had it not been for republicans deciding they would fight for power instead of for America. This has been our problem and now that we have Trump with a republican majority in the house ad senate, the problem will be magnified.

Fight for power, like the commiecrats are doing now?

 

[JonKoch]

You mean the hole Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies dug US into? Weird right? Care to explain why we should allow those "job creators" to keep their sustained lowest EFFECTIVE tax rate since before the GOP's first great depression, and Cheeto and Comp want to gut their taxes even more? Maybe those "job creators" who are going to get HUGE tax breaks (Walmart's Walton family alone a $52 BILLION further tax reduction) via Cheeto's policies need to create well paying jobs that get people off of Gov't teet? Instead of US continuing to subsidize them?

So you're saying your dear leader didn't do such a great job after all, since the welfare rolls during his time reached record numbers and remained there the whole 8 years? And you want more of the same?

You meant the hole 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies PUT US IN and Cheeto wants to put it on steroids??

Wait a minute, you're the one that posted all these great jobs numbers for your dear leader. Are you seriously saying the mulatto messiah only created shit welfare jobs?

.

Sorry cupcake, I'm just saying after 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies, the US lost 600,000+ jobs AND lost another 4 million in 2009 before Obama policies kicked in. Obama saw 16 million private sector jobs starting March 2010, the same year "job killer" Obamacares was passed? Weird right cupcake??

Were those jobs "shit welfare" jobs? Record Corp profits, lowest tax burden since before the great GOP depression? Maybe time to get rid of GOP policies like trickle down, if the "job creators" aren't doing their part??

All the policies in place right now are your dear leaders, when does he take responsibility for not lowering the numbers on welfare and food stamps?

.

Weird you haven't seen those numbers going down cupcake? Perhaps relook?

MARCH 18, 2015

No Mystery Why SNAP Enrollment Remains High: It’s Still the Economy


GOP "WELFARE REFORM" CUPCAKE

The need is there and the share of eligible families receiving AFDC/TANF cash assistance declined, as you can see, 79% in 1996 to 32% in 2012. The budget proposals are targeted to serve these families, since less than one-third of eligible families are actually receiving cash assistance from TANF.
The President’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget: Strengthening the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program

TANF



ANYTHING ELSE CUPCAKE??

 

[IM2]

.Wrong. Republicans obstructed job programs initiated by Obama.

The reality here is that conservatives have been a thorn in the side of progress ever since they took over in 1994. The almost took us to a depression during Bush, and Obama created jobs for more than 6. years straight . Things could have and would have been better had it not been for republicans deciding they would fight for power instead of for America. This has been our problem and now that we have Trump with a republican majority in the house ad senate, the problem will be magnified.

Fight for power, like the commiecrats are doing now?

Who are the commiecrats? Trumps staff? Did Bannon form a party?

 

[OKTexas]

So you're saying your dear leader didn't do such a great job after all, since the welfare rolls during his time reached record numbers and remained there the whole 8 years? And you want more of the same?

You meant the hole 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies PUT US IN and Cheeto wants to put it on steroids??

Wait a minute, you're the one that posted all these great jobs numbers for your dear leader. Are you seriously saying the mulatto messiah only created shit welfare jobs?

.

Sorry cupcake, I'm just saying after 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies, the US lost 600,000+ jobs AND lost another 4 million in 2009 before Obama policies kicked in. Obama saw 16 million private sector jobs starting March 2010, the same year "job killer" Obamacares was passed? Weird right cupcake??

Were those jobs "shit welfare" jobs? Record Corp profits, lowest tax burden since before the great GOP depression? Maybe time to get rid of GOP policies like trickle down, if the "job creators" aren't doing their part??

All the policies in place right now are your dear leaders, when does he take responsibility for not lowering the numbers on welfare and food stamps?

.

Weird you haven't seen those numbers going down cupcake? Perhaps relook?

MARCH 18, 2015

No Mystery Why SNAP Enrollment Remains High: It’s Still the Economy


GOP "WELFARE REFORM" CUPCAKE

The need is there and the share of eligible families receiving AFDC/TANF cash assistance declined, as you can see, 79% in 1996 to 32% in 2012. The budget proposals are targeted to serve these families, since less than one-third of eligible families are actually receiving cash assistance from TANF.
The President’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget: Strengthening the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program

TANF



ANYTHING ELSE CUPCAKE??

Yeah, you got any raw numbers? Like there's 47 million on food stamps now, how many were on them last year and the year before? Stop with the percentage of population and adjust for inflation crap.

.

 

[OKTexas]

.Wrong. Republicans obstructed job programs initiated by Obama.

The reality here is that conservatives have been a thorn in the side of progress ever since they took over in 1994. The almost took us to a depression during Bush, and Obama created jobs for more than 6. years straight . Things could have and would have been better had it not been for republicans deciding they would fight for power instead of for America. This has been our problem and now that we have Trump with a republican majority in the house ad senate, the problem will be magnified.

Fight for power, like the commiecrats are doing now?

Who are the commiecrats? Trumps staff? Did Bannon form a party?

That you be you snowflake. You and your ilk are the ones advocating commie BS.

.

 

[keepitreal]

1) The cost of food stamps is a small fraction of the overall welfare budget

2) 2/3 of those on food stamps are kids

3) Few people even qualify for food stamps because it is reserved for the poorest of the poor. It's a program way behind on the rate of inflation as well.

4) Some Veterans are on food stamps.

5) Any adult on food stamps has a job

Republicans in congress are either complete assholes or are willfully ignorant.

But hey i get it: it gives republicans hard ons to say "i don't need a handout! I provide! I'm tough as nails! Derp, derp, derp!" They then pretend complete falsehoods or stereotypes about the program because it makes them feel more manly i guess.

Why can't facts ever permeate the republican bubble?

Why can't facts ever permeate the republican bubble?

The cost of food stamps is a small fraction of the overall welfare budget

Well....alrighty then, you're obviously a stupid, ******* republican...
because, when it comes to food stamps and facts,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE **** YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!

In fact, you're so full of shit,
if you gave yourself an enema, you'd disappear!

In 2015, mandatory spending for safety net programs,
was $362 billion dollars, about 10% of the federal budget
104 billion dollars was for food assistance programs,
of which, $75 billion was spent on SNAP benefits alone!

The SNAP budget funds $2.4 billion in other food assistance programs,
including the block grant for food assistance
in Puerto Rico and American Samoa,
commodity purchases for the Emergency Food Assistance Program
(which helps food pantries and soup kitchens across the country),
and commodities for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.

This does not include WIC and other food assistance programs
which is part of the discretionary spending budget!

In 2008, there were an estimated
28,223 million food stamp recipients
to the tune of, 37,639 billion dollars...

in 2016, there were an estimated
44,219 million food stamp recipients
to the tune of 70,962 billion dollars

If the Recovery Act, aka, SCAM OF THE CENTURY, worked,
and the unemployment numbers were(N'T)
what Oshithead and the BLS, claimed they were ...
and, according to Oshithead in Feb of 2016....

“The United States of America right now
has the strongest, most durable economy in the world.”
(Which, even a ******* idiot should know, was a crock of shit!)

WHY ARE SO MANY PEOPLE STILL ON SNAP?

As of Jan. 12, 2016, unemployment was at 5%,
food stamp recipients increased 42%
and corporate profits increased 166%!

2/3 of those on food stamps are kids

Whose parents are in the stores buying soda,
candy, chips, cookies, ice cream, donuts, pizza rolls,
slurpies, cupcakes, twinkies, cheese sticks, cheese danish,...

yet, you bitches are crying about
changing the school lunch program under Trump
because of unhealthy food and obesity!

They get money to get groceries, yet, we have to feed them
breakfast and lunch year round too?!

**** off!

Few people even qualify for food stamps
because it is reserved for the poorest of the poor.

*****, the poorest of the poor, are not dressed in
decent clothes, driving nice cars and trucks,
carrying Coach purses and talking on IPhones!

They're homeless, sleeping on the street or in shelters
dressed in grubby clothes with worn out shoes from walking,
asking for handouts...BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET FOOD STAMPS

Republicans in congress are either complete assholes or are willfully ignorant

The only complete asshole you should be concerned with, IS YOU!

Cupcake, Those things aren't mandatory as Cheeto's budget proposal shows they are DISCRETIONARY part of the budget


Those programs kept Millions out of poverty which is the reason for the spending!


If you want to know why the change from 2008 numbers, maybe look at the size of the hole 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies dug for US???

As for the stimulus which unfortunately was 40% tax cuts to TRY to get a little GOP support (LMAOROG, AS IF) WAS A SUCCESS (*kept US out of GOP great depression 2.0)

What Debate? Economists Agree the Stimulus Lifted the Economy

The Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago — hardly a hotbed of liberal or Keynesian thought — regularly surveys a number of the leading American economists about a variety of policy issues. The economists surveyed constitute a good sample of the leading economists in the nation, and the panel was chosen to be geographically diverse, to include older and younger economists, and importantly, to include Democrats, Republicans and independents. The most important qualification is that these are top-notch economists: senior faculty at the leading economics departments in the United States who are also vitally interested in public policy.

Recently each of these eminent economists was asked whether the unemployment rate was lower at the end of 2010 than it would have been without the stimulus bill. Of the 44 economists surveyed, 37 responded, yielding a healthy response rate of 84 percent.

Among those who responded, 36 agreed that the stimulus bill had lowered the unemployment rate, while one disagreed. That lone disagreeing economist, Harvard’s Alberto Alesina (who was one of my thesis advisers), has been a virulent opponent of the stimulus, although the research that he’s based this upon has come under sustained criticism, particularly from the International Monetary Fund, which views the study as flawed.


A follow-up question posed to the same expert panel asked whether the total benefits of the stimulus bill will end up exceeding the costs. The idea was to take account of all of the consequences, both positive and negative. On this question, there’s greater modesty, but still no raging debate. Of the 37 respondents, 25 agreed that the benefits exceeded the costs, while 10 were uncertain. Only 2 disagreed that the stimulus was worth it.


NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/...ts-agree-the-stimulus-lifted-the-economy.html


WAIT YOU SAY CORP PROFITS INCREASED 162%? AND THOSE "JOB CREATORS" ARE PAYING THE LOWEST EFFECTIVE TAX RATE SINCE THE FIRST GOP GREAT DEPRESSION? AND CHEETO WANTS TO GUT IT EVEN MORE?

WHY ARE WE GUTTING THEIR TAX "BURDEN"?

Cupcake, Those things aren't mandatory as Cheeto's budget proposal shows they are DISCRETIONARY part of the budget

Hey, Twinkie the Kid, the figures/info, I posted
WERE included in the MANDATORY spending budget
while King Ding Dong was at the helm of the ship...

The ship he was further weakening, by overloading it
with cargo containers of freebies and printed money...
More like, King Ding Dong and Captain Crunch mash-up!

Those programs kept Millions out of poverty which is the reason for the spending

OMG... you've got to be ******* kidding me!
So close and yet, so far

I'll be back later to finish my post...

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

.Wrong. Republicans obstructed job programs initiated by Obama.

The reality here is that conservatives have been a thorn in the side of progress ever since they took over in 1994. The almost took us to a depression during Bush, and Obama created jobs for more than 6. years straight . Things could have and would have been better had it not been for republicans deciding they would fight for power instead of for America. This has been our problem and now that we have Trump with a republican majority in the house ad senate, the problem will be magnified.

Fight for power, like the commiecrats are doing now?

Who are the commiecrats? Trumps staff? Did Bannon form a party?

I guess you could answer your own question by looking up who the US Communist Party supported the last three presidential elections.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

.Wrong. Republicans obstructed job programs initiated by Obama.

The reality here is that conservatives have been a thorn in the side of progress ever since they took over in 1994. The almost took us to a depression during Bush, and Obama created jobs for more than 6. years straight . Things could have and would have been better had it not been for republicans deciding they would fight for power instead of for America. This has been our problem and now that we have Trump with a republican majority in the house ad senate, the problem will be magnified.

Yeah, DumBama wanted to have another failed program and waste another trillion dollars. What happened to shovel ready jobs? Ask the jobs expert:



His Pork Bill had nothing to do with getting America back to work, it had to do with union paybacks.