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tazzygirl -> Foodstamp fantasy (6/13/2011 6:14:19 AM)
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I started this as to not derail Master Orion's thread.
The cry is that food stamp enrollment has doubled under Obama.
Thank you BamaD for bringing that to my attention.
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For example the true and easily checked fact that there are more people on food stamps under Obama was attacked as racist while if the same had been true under Bush it would have been proof of what a terrible and uncaring person he was.
So, a simple google search brought this up...
Over 44 Million Now On Foodstamps (Doubled under Obama)
http://sweetness-light.com/archive/food-stamp-s-up-50-under-obama
FY 2006 - 26,548,833
FY 2007 - 26,316,045
FY 2008 - 28,222,630
FY 2009 - 33,489,975
FY 2010 - 40,301,666
http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/15SNAPpartPP.htm
Those numbers doubled under Obama?
But, dont take my word for it....
Cain said food stamp program use up under Obama
Last week, the state’s other presidential contender, Newt Gingrich, said Obama deserves to be called "the most successful food stamp president in American history" because "47 million Americans are on food stamps."
We ruled Gingrich’s statement Half True. For the most part, Gingrich got his facts straight but oversimplified who was to blame.
Cain, a former radio talk show host and Godfather’s Pizza CEO, urged the crowd at his rally to "look at the facts." PolitiFact Georgia is all to happy to oblige him.
Food stamps, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, give certain low-income Americans vouchers to buy groceries.
The most recent data show roughly 44.2 million people received SNAP benefits in February, the most recent data available.
Cain’s numbers aren’t quite accurate, but he’s close. The number of recipients has topped 44 million since December, which means his estimate is about 7 percent too high.
The number of beneficiaries has climbed every single month since Obama took office, despite signs of an improving economy. According to historical data, February’s count appears to be the highest in any month since the program was established in 1969.
Obama took office in January 2009. That month, nearly 32 million people received SNAP benefits. That means the number of food stamp recipients has increased by about 12.2 million since the start of his administration.
Cain placed the increase at 14 million, which is about 15 percent too high. Again, he’s close, but not quite right.
Whether Obama deserves the blame for the increase is far less clear.
The rise in food stamps is a direct consequence of the Great Recession, which started more than a year before Obama took office. Conservatives and liberals agree that Obama inherited a troubled economy. Whether SNAP usage would have been lower if Republicans won the presidency is impossible to tell.
The number of food stamp beneficiaries ticked upward under President George W. Bush because of policies that broadened eligibility for the program and more aggressive efforts to get eligible Americans to apply for benefits. These policies remained in place under Obama.
Another reason assigning blame is tough is that there is typically a lag between when the broader economy begins to recover and when SNAP usage declines. The monthly growth has slowed for the past three months, and it could start declining in a month or two.
http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2011/may/24/herman-cain/cain-said-food-stamp-program-use-under-obama/
Ya know, facts are hard to fudge... numbers are even harder to lie about. Would be nice if people would get the facts straight.
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