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See the National Center For Public Policy Research<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n You’re also probably not hearing that the taxpayers are spending<\/a> about $80 billion annually<\/a> for food stamps.<\/strong><\/p>\n Or that food stamp<\/a> spending increased under Obama from $39 billion in 2008 to $85 billion in 2012, and it doubled<\/em> during the George W. Bush Administration<\/a>, as reported<\/a> by Katherine Rosario of the Heritage Foundation<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Or that the massive food stamp spending increases since 2008 occurred during a period of massive unemployment and underemployment<\/a>. As the economy recovers — surely it will over the next ten years, President Obama<\/a>? — the need for food stamp spending should go down<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Or that, as Robert Rector<\/a> and Amy Payne of Heritage have written<\/a>, “If converted to cash, means-tested<\/a> welfare spending is more than five times the amount needed to eliminate all poverty in the United States<\/a>,” so the amount<\/em> of money we’re spending isn’t really the issue, it’s how<\/em> we’re spending it.<\/strong><\/p>\n Do your homework–check the stories the media is reporting.<\/p>\n See the National Center For Public Policy Research for further information. The article reports: You’re also probably not hearing that the taxpayers are spending about $80 billion annually for food stamps. Or that food stamp spending increased under Obama from … Continue reading ![\"Enhanced](\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=a25c0a55-525d-444b-8a94-4848034d9657\")
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