One in five US children now rely on food stamps: Census data

[inanna]

Source: Reuters

28 Jan 2015 at 14:45 ET

The number of children in the United States relying on food stamps for a meal spiked to 16 million last year, according federal data, signaling a lopsided economic recovery in which lower income families are still lagging behind.

The roughly one in five children who received food stamps in 2014 surpassed pre-recession levels, when one in eight or 9 million children were on food stamps, according to the U.S. Census survey of American families released on Wednesday

Republicans in Congress have sought to cut back on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or food stamp program as part of a larger plan to balance the budget.

Early last year lawmakers proposed $40 billion in cuts from the program over 10 years. The final farm bill signed into law trimmed $8.6 billion from the program, eliminating benefits for about 850,000 people, according to estimates by anti-hunger advocates.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/one-in-five-us-children-now-rely-on-food-stamps-census-data/

[valerief]

1. One in five? Only one way to fix that. Cut foodstamps. It's the CongressCure. nt

[shenmue]

2. Good grief

Now that is a crime.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. And to think this data comes from the Cenus

Dept. Here in Clark County Nevada,it's above fifty per cent,and the truth be known,58% or 178k school kids are nutrition deprived. Thank you Rethugs.

[Judi Lynn]

4. The right-wing solution would be to terminate food stamps, forcing the parents

to extreme measures to secure food for the children, then throw the parents in the slammer, put the kids into foster homes, and pay the foster parents far, far more money than the food stamps could have ever cost.

[OKNancy]

5. exactly

desperate people do desperate things. Maybe the Democrats should call it an anti-crime bill. Republicans would be all over that.

[WillyT]

6. K & R !!!