How is that economy working out?
Food stamps? How about 14% of the population. From ABC News:
Congress Mulls Cuts to Food Stamps Program Amid Record Number of RecipientsA big uptick of SNAP at the store but 61% growth in just four years? That is insane... At the other end of the spectrum -- from The Center for Public Integrity:
ABC News' Huma Khan reports: Congress is under pressure to cut the rapidly rising costs of the federal government�s food stamps program at a time when a record number of Americans are relying on it.
The House Appropriations Committee today will review the fiscal year 2012 appropriations bill for the Department of Agriculture that includes $71 billion for the agency�s �Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.� That�s $2 billion less than what President Obama requested but a 9 percent increase from 2011, which, critics say, is too large given the sizeable budget deficit.
A record number of Americans -- about 14 percent -- now rely on the federal government�s food stamps program and its rapid expansion in recent years has become a politically explosive topic.
More than 44.5 million Americans received SNAP benefits in March, an 11 percent increase from one year ago and nearly 61 percent higher than the same time four years ago.
Nearly 21 million households are reliant on food stamps.
Limousine liberals? Number of government-owned limos has soared under ObamaMore:
Limousines, the very symbol of wealth and excess, are usually the domain of corporate executives and the rich. But the number of limos owned by Uncle Sam increased by 73 percent during the first two years of the Obama administration, according to an analysis of records by iWatch News.
Most of the increase was recorded in Hillary Clinton�s State Department.
According to General Services Administration data , the number of limousines in the federal fleet increased from 238 in fiscal 2008, the last year of the George W. Bush administration, to 412 in 2010. Much of the 73 percent increase�111 of the 174 additional limos�took place in fiscal 2009, more than eight months of which corresponded with Obama�s first year in office. However, some of those purchases could reflect requests made by the Bush administration during an appropriations process that would have begun in the spring of 2008.When facing such a huge deficit, cutting costs is mandatory. What is wrong with taking a taxi?
