Food stamp budget increased

[ProSense]

USDA Budget Would Rise 11% on Food-Stamp Spending

U.S. Department of Agriculture spending would increase 11 percent to $144 billion in fiscal 2012 as the number of people receiving nutrition assistance reaches records and food-safety spending rises, the government said.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, will cost $85.2 billion in the year starting Oct. 1, up 15 percent from levels in 2010, the last time agencies had an enacted budget, according to the spending plan President Barack Obama sent to Congress today. A record 43.6 million people, more than one of every eight Americans, received food stamps in November, as the jobless rate stayed near a 27-year high, the USDA said earlier this month.

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[frazzled]

1. Another example of slashing help to the poor

:sarcasm:

[UrbScotty]

2. K&R. So who the hell unrec'd this?

[impik]

10. You're truly surprised?

[UrbScotty]

11. No. Not in the least.

But it's still appaling

[Raine1967]

3. K&R

and It's still at zero. THIS I just don't understand.

This bill is far from everything that I would like to see, but why are people unhappy with things like this?

Oy.

[geek tragedy]

5. Anything that reflects positively on President Obama will get automatic unrecs

from a certain group of people around here.

Why they hang out at a Democratic website is between them and their therapists.

[dionysus]

4. but last month or so it was heralded from the rooftops he was "slashing" it....

[JoePhilly]

6. Obama wants everyone on food stamps so he can cut them off.

:sarcasm:

[jwirr]

7. That probably does not mean more money per person. There are

a lot of new clients in that program.

[AtomicKitten]

8. LOL. Well that would be exactly opposite of what I've read here.

Eventually the truth comes out; it always does.

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
-- Mark Twain, (attributed)


on edit ----> K&R
thanks for posting

[vaberella]

9. Posters on DU told me that Obama hated the poor and he had no defense.

Why is he doing things for the poor?! I don't get it. Oh right...DU will probably tell me, he's doing it so he can cut them off in the end.

[lunatica]

12. I'm sure some DUers are relieved because they're on food stamps right now

In these times many of us can end up needing them.

[mkultra]

13. he is just fattening them up for the day he eats them all

Obamanomnom