14.8% of America is on Food Stamps - 64% increase since 2008
Yes, the Republican convention is full of lies, people wanting facts. Here's one.
"Think things are getting better? Think again. Food stamp usage is actually up from the latest data. As of May 2012, 46,496,788 people are on food stamps in the United States. That's 14.8% or over 1 in 7. The United States population in May 2012 was 313,878,000 and this figure includes everyone, including people overseas. Food stamp usage increased 2.4% from May 2011 and 0.5% from April 2012."
Here.
And as the chart shows, it's still rising...
Haven't heard anyone address this. And the trend is still up.
We know who's at fault. But who is going to take responsibility? 'Cause these people die early, that's not the world most of us want, I think, and the human resources we are squandering by simply giving them a food card that seems to run out the third week of every month are staggering. In what was the richest and most powerful country in the world.
Note: The fool on the stage wants to take even that meager portion away from 10 million hungry people. Does he think that will make him feel bigger?