You do realize that the largest welfare
program after Medicaid is food stamps, don’t you? When the program
began in the 1970s, one out of every fifty American was on food stamps.
That number is now one out of every seven Americans who are reliant on
food stamps. A total of 46 million Americans are now on food stamps, an increase of 17 million just since 2008.
This recent dramatic increase is by design. From April 2010:
Last week, D.C. officials announced a major change in the income and assets limitations that will greatly expand the number of families that qualify for food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These new standards are part of a nationwide effort promoted by the Obama administration to broaden the availability of food stamps amid one of the worst recessions in modern times.
On top of that, a pledge by Obama that flew pretty under the radar was to eliminate childhood hunger by 2015. What is one way to achieve that? Food stamps.
Let the propaganda campaign kick into gear.
The
USDA went on a tear to make sure that food stamp recipients didn’t feel
as though they were being stigmatized when using their government
handouts. They had retailers put up signs,
"'We Welcome SNAP Benefits." They also created a SNAP retailer
locator, where fellow moocher could find which stores nearby accepted
their stolen money.
They suggested that people host SNAP parties and play games like Bingo, to make others aware of the benefits and get your friends on the government dole as well.
They are running commercials, making it sound cool and normal to be on food stamps. In this commercial,
going as far as to say that signing up for food stamps can make you
look and feel your best. Being a moocher never looked so good!
So
we’ve opened up access to this entitlement and promoted it as if it
were something that is cool and normal. Seventeen million more
Americans sign up in the last few years under Barack Obama and then all
of the sudden, when you try to cut the budget for food stamps … you
can’t do that! These people NEED this money! Democrat Jim Clyburn just
yesterday said that cuts to SNAP programs would be an “abomination.” He
says, “We all are trying to make a good future for our children, our
grandchildren and our country and we know full well that in order for
our kids to be educated properly they must be fed appropriately.” A
future reliant on the government … that seems to be the American dream
for many liberals,progressives and other bedwetter types: Educated by the government, fed by the
government, sheltered by the government, administered healthcare by the
government … that is the Democrat vision of the American dream.
Now all the Democrats have to do is step up to a mic and say, “Vote for the Republicans and they’ll take away your food stamps!” See how quickly that happened?
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