UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history. -claims gingrich.
http://frac.org/reports-and-resources/snapfood-stamp-monthly-participation-data/
january 2001: 17,233,964 on food stamps.
january 2009: 32,204,859 on food stamps.
bush "put" 14,970,895 on food stamps.
october 2011: 46,224,722 on food stamps.
obama has "put" 14,019,863 on food stamps.
14,970,895 > 14,019,863
10/2011 is the latest report available. based on available raw data, newt's claim that obama has put more people on food stamps than any other president is false on its face.
second, neither president "put" anyone on food stamps. economic factors put people on food stamps. people go on food stamps during tough times. nearly 5 million people went on food stamps the year before obama was sworn in, which mirrored the fact that we were leaking nearly 800k jobs a month at the same time.
third, food stamp recipients are not often welfare bums. many food stamp recipients work hard for a living in shitty jobs to support larger families. more common with wage stagnation brought about by certain policies.
fourth, hunger is a national security issue AND a moral issue. what kind of country lets their weakest starve?
fifth, please ignore the obvious racial undertones in which newt is speaking. politicos call this practice "pandering". it is the same strategy that republicans have used for a while, catering to the bigoted tensions of the more conservative south. it has worked tremendously in the past and is still a good strategy to this day, if you have no moral compass.
discuss.
http://frac.org/reports-and-resources/snapfood-stamp-monthly-participation-data/
january 2001: 17,233,964 on food stamps.
january 2009: 32,204,859 on food stamps.
bush "put" 14,970,895 on food stamps.
october 2011: 46,224,722 on food stamps.
obama has "put" 14,019,863 on food stamps.
14,970,895 > 14,019,863
10/2011 is the latest report available. based on available raw data, newt's claim that obama has put more people on food stamps than any other president is false on its face.
second, neither president "put" anyone on food stamps. economic factors put people on food stamps. people go on food stamps during tough times. nearly 5 million people went on food stamps the year before obama was sworn in, which mirrored the fact that we were leaking nearly 800k jobs a month at the same time.
third, food stamp recipients are not often welfare bums. many food stamp recipients work hard for a living in shitty jobs to support larger families. more common with wage stagnation brought about by certain policies.
fourth, hunger is a national security issue AND a moral issue. what kind of country lets their weakest starve?
fifth, please ignore the obvious racial undertones in which newt is speaking. politicos call this practice "pandering". it is the same strategy that republicans have used for a while, catering to the bigoted tensions of the more conservative south. it has worked tremendously in the past and is still a good strategy to this day, if you have no moral compass.
discuss.