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| Federal food stamps card that is used to purchase food. (Getty) |
From Denny: Over 46 million households in America depend upon the food stamp benefits program to put enough food on the table to feed their families.
If each household is a family of four then you are looking at maybe as many as 184 million Americans. That is over half to two-thirds of America in need of help to eat each day. No one said it meant three meals a day either.
It does not seem to matter to the GOP and Congress that these same Americans have contributed as taxpayers to support these programs. Now, the unthinkable for the majority of them is to draw food stamps benefits. They have no choice; the economy is that bad.
Many active duty military to retirees use $100 million in food stamps benefits. Are the Republicans just out of control crazy to do this to them and the rest of America? What is wrong with these people?
The Republicans are revealing their latest devious attempts to severely limit or slash social programs for those in deep need. Talk about nasty. This time they are hiding food stamp benefits cuts in a 1,000 page "farm bill." Get this; of the four out of five dollars in this "farm bill," $80 billion a year goes to grocery bills for one of every seven Americans taking food stamps.
Supposedly what has spurred these idiot lawmakers to slap America with this outrageous bill is because of the rise in food stamps participants. In 2007 there were 26 million Americans on benefits. By 2011 there were 44 million on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).
Military were redeeming $31 million in food stamps back in 2008. By 2011 that figure grew to $101 million. Obviously, there is a need and it's growing at a rapid pace.
Republicans mistakenly believe there must be fraud or abuse involved as the explanation for the dramatic increase. What drugs are these guys on? Don't they know there is an economic world depression going on and getting worse every quarter?
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