GHook93
Aristotle
- Apr 22, 2007
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Is it the governments responsibility to ADVERTISE HANDOUTS!!! They need to do this, because people are TOO STUPID to do the research on their own! Give me a break! It you need a handout or government assistance, then you better do the research for yourself. I mean when did these programs of helping people get onto their feet, become entitlements that everyone should get?
The goal shouldn't be to increase the ranks of food stamp participation rather it should be to reduce them through providing means for them to provide for themselves (meaning creating an economy where people work)!!!
This worthless President has been an utter failure on everything from economy, to his energy policy, to the deficit to foreign policy to his divisive politics! He is bad plain and simple!!!
The goal shouldn't be to increase the ranks of food stamp participation rather it should be to reduce them through providing means for them to provide for themselves (meaning creating an economy where people work)!!!
This worthless President has been an utter failure on everything from economy, to his energy policy, to the deficit to foreign policy to his divisive politics! He is bad plain and simple!!!
Government runs ads to get more people on food stamps - Jun. 25, 2012
Government wants more people on food stamps
More than one in seven Americans are on food stamps, but the federal government wants even more people to sign up for the safety net program. <That is 44 MILLION Americans if your counting!!!
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been running radio ads for the past four months encouraging those eligible to enroll. The campaign is targeted at the elderly, working poor, the unemployed and Hispanics. <The Pandering never stops with this puss-bag President. The economy is what matters, TRY RUNNING ON THAT INSTEAD OF PANDERING AND SELLING OUT. No a coincidence that a large participate group in the elderly Obama panders to and the Hispanics he panders - What a piece of shit!>
The department is spending between $2.5 million and $3 million on paid spots, and free public service announcements are also airing. The campaign can be heard in California, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, and the New York metro area. <Targeting NC, SC, TX and OH - Coincidence that NC, SC and OH are states he is desperately trying to win??? NOPE!>
The radio ads, which run through June 30, come amid a bitter partisan fight over the safety net program. Republican lawmakers want to reduce funding for the benefit or turn it into a block grant program, which would also minimize the cost. Democrats, however, are not willing to make major cuts. <This reaks of partisan gimmicks it's amazing!!!>
The issue has become so heated that Newt Gingrich called President Obama the "food stamp president" to show how he's increased government spending. <The left cried like babies, but its one of the most accurate characterization of Obama that has ever been made>
President Obama's stimulus act made it easier for childless, jobless adults to qualify for the program and increased the monthly benefit by about 15% through 2013.
Getting off government assistance
Some 46.4 million people are in the food stamps program, also known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. That's just a touch below the record high hit in January. <Record High in Jan, Yes libs he IS THE FOOD STAMP PRESIDENT!>
In fiscal 2011, the federal government spent more than $75 billion on food stamps, up from $34.6 billion at the end of fiscal 2008, according to the USDA.
"We ought to be looking for ways to save money in the program, not to encourage more people to use it," said Chris Edwards, an economist with the Cato Institute, a libertarian organization.