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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts) Mon Jan 23, 2012, 08:52 PM Jan 2012

Oh, SNAP...

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (aka Food Stamps)
(participants):

December 2000
17,175,382

December 2008
31,784,453

GW Bush 185%

December 2011
44,480,342

Obama 140%

http://frac.org/reports-and-resources/snapfood-stamp-monthly-participation-data/

Needless to say, the county by county participation map looks like a 2008 McCain vs. Obama map.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/28/us/20091128-foodstamps.html

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Oh, SNAP... (Original Post) cthulu2016 Jan 2012 OP

Not good for three years though. Not his fault but you can't tell the baggers that. n/t brewens Jan 2012 #1

I think the point is cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #2

Yeah, but just pointing out what the baggers will do with those figures. n/t brewens Jan 2012 #3

brewens

(15,359 posts)

1. Not good for three years though. Not his fault but you can't tell the baggers that. n/t

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 08:58 PM

Jan 2012

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cthulu2016

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2. I think the point is

Reply to brewens (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 09:01 PM

Jan 2012

that everything they say is a lie. The figures of largest increase, 4-to-1 increases, etc. are a lie.

Nobody would, or should, dispute that SNAP participoation increased when the economy fell apart. I am somehwat surprised it decreased so little, really.

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brewens

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3. Yeah, but just pointing out what the baggers will do with those figures. n/t

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 09:24 PM

Jan 2012

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