Use of Food Stamps Swells Even as Economy Improves

Use of Food Stamps Swells Even as Economy Improves - WSJ.com

Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as the modern-day food-stamp benefit is known, has soared 70% since 2008 to a record 47.8 million as of December 2012. Congressional budget analysts think participation will rise again this year and dip only slightly in coming years.

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Can't have anything to do with Obama because it's negative news.

The biggest factor behind the upward march of food stamps is a sluggish job market and a rising poverty rate. At the same time, many states have pushed to get more people to apply for SNAP, a program where the federal government picks up the tab.

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Sluggish job market with all these shovel ready jobs? And does this say, rising poverty rate? Once again...these figures cannot be placed in the President's lap, this isn't good news.

Congratulations America, you reap what you sow.