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Title: Feds Spent $100 Billion on Food Assistance Last Year
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Published: May 21, 2015
Author: BY: Elizabeth Harrington May 20, 2015
Post Date: 2015-05-21 07:35:19 by GrandIsland
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109,930,090 Americans participated in overlapping programs
The federal government spent $100 billion providing food assistance to Americans last year, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The lion’s share of spending comes from the food stamp program, which gave benefits to an average 46 million Americans in 2014, at a cost of $74.6 billion, according to a testimonyfrom the GAO’s Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security Kay E. Brown before the House Subcommittee on Nutrition Wednesday.
The national school lunch program was second, costing $11.3 billion, followed by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) at $7.1 billion.
Other spending included $1.9 billion for nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico, and $10.7 million for the “Special Milk Program.”
Brown said there is a potential for overlap and “inefficient use of federal funds” due to the government’s “complex network of 18 food assistance programs, administered by three federal agencies,” which are unsure how effective the programs are.
“In 2010, research GAO reviewed suggested that participation in seven of these programs was associated with positive outcomes, such as improving nutrition among low-income households,” Brown said. “Little was known about the effectiveness of the remaining 11.”
The GAO provided a list of the 18 federal programs, which together served a total 109.9 million Americans in 2014. The list only provides the total number of participants for each program, and does not take into account the potential for individuals to participate in more than one program.
Brown said the GAO urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) address potential overlaps in their programs. The USDA commissioned a study on redundant programs in 2013, and then “decided to study the impact of participation in multiple food assistance programs on the nutritional status of participants.”
“While such a study will provide important information, it does not address GAO’s recommendation,” Brown said. “GAO continues to believe that further action is needed.”
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There are 47 million Americans reported to be on food stamps.
#6. To: Gatlin (#5)
There are 47 million Americans reported to be on food stamps.
Yes but, O'bunghole states that global warming is our greatest threat. lol
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#7. To: GrandIsland (#6)
" O'bunghole states that global warming is our greatest threat. "
WRONG !!
O'bunghole, his fellow travelers, their bosses, and those that vote for them are our greatest threats.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
#8. To: GrandIsland (#0) (Edited)
food stamp program, which gave benefits to an average 46 million Americans in 2014, at a cost of $74.6 billion
Let me see.
$74.6 billion / 46 million = $1621.73
$1621.73 / 365.25 days = $4.44 a day.
This is definitely too much gruel!
#9. To: GrandIsland (#6)
#10. To: GrandIsland, Dead Culture Watch, BobCeleste, Gatlin, A Pole, Vicomte13 (#1)
food stamp program, which gave benefits to an average 46 million Americans in 2014, at a cost of $74.6 billion Let me see.
$74.6 billion / 46 million = $1621.73
$1621.73 / 365.25 days = $4.44 a day.
This is definitely too much gruel!
Having Americans who claim they are the true Christians in this country openly calling for not feeding their own people is pretty much the sign of the end times and that they are in the grip of the anti-christ.
When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds of wheat for a day’s wages, and six pounds of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!” Revelation 6:5-6
#11. To: A Pole (#8) (Edited)
= $4.44 a day.
Feeding them is just the tip of the iceberg. Figure out how much it costs for housing, utilities, medical, incarceration, free attorneys, free phones, taxi fees, mental health fees and prescription drug cost.
Then after you add that up, imagine having to solve their self generated problems for 20 years... and have to smell them.
The number of them are growing, liberal. And as that number grows, the number funding them is dwindling.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#12. To: GrandIsland (#11)
The number of them are growing, liberal.
Is it because they get too much gruel?
#13. To: Gatlin (#9)
#14. To: Pericles (#10)
true Christians
I don't attend your church. Don't libtardlly expect me to toss money in your collection basket every Sunday.
You spend your money how you feel fit... I'll spend mine. Please and thank you.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#15. To: A Pole (#12)
Is it because they get too much gruel?
It's because your political ideology and sympathy causes DEPENDENCY.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#16. To: Gatlin (#9)
I crossed the border and all I got is...
And the support from LF's closet libtard AGENDA posters.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#17. To: Gatlin (#9) (Edited)
This is why the AGENDA posters refuse to post about welfare... WATCH THE CLOSET LIBTARDS COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK ON THIS THREAD. lol
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#18. To: All (#17)
Come on, LF!!! Apole and Piricles are already known and outed liberals... I want the closet ones to rear they're ugly faces. lol.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#19. To: Pericles (#10)
"Having Americans who claim they are the true Christians in this country openly calling for not feeding their own people is pretty much the sign of the end times and that they are in the grip of the anti-christ."
You got that flipped around.
Having Christians openly calling for not forcing others to use their hard-earned money to feed these parasites is pretty much acting like true Americans.
Christian Americans believe in charity, and we're the most generous nation on the face of the earth. True Christian Americans don't believe in forcibly taking money from some and giving it to others.
#20. To: GrandIsland (#15)
"Is it because they get too much gruel?"It's because your political ideology and sympathy causes DEPENDENCY.
This caused poverty and dependency in Dickens time?
#21. To: misterwhite (#19)
Christian Americans believe in charity, and we're the most generous nation on the face of the earth. True Christian Americans don't believe in forcibly taking money from some and giving it to others.
Piricles is hiding her libtardness behind religion... that is fact.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#22. To: A Pole (#20)
This caused poverty and dependency in Dickens time?
Feeding any animal capable of feeding themselves causes DEPENDENCY... since the beginning of man. Even when Dickens was alive.
You should quit while you're ahead... you have nothing more to prove but the level of your bleeding heart. lol
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#23. To: A Pole (#8)
"= $4.44 a day."
And yet the food stamp recipients sell their cards for 50 cents on the dollar.
#24. To: misterwhite (#23)
And yet the food stamp recipients sell their cards for 50 cents on the dollar.
But... But... that's how most of them pay for their weed and opiates. They need spare cash because most meth dealers don't accept EBT cards. You won't hear our AGENDA posters bitch about this because they favor welfare and we know THEY LOVE DRUGS.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#25. To: GrandIsland (#14)
I don't attend your church
Send my regards to the anti-christ who runs yours.
#26. To: misterwhite, A Pole (#19)
Christian Americans believe in charity, and we're the most generous nation on the face of the earth. True Christian Americans don't believe in forcibly taking money from some and giving it to others.
Then why are there still poor in America if you are such good Christians?
Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
Matthew 19:21
#27. To: Pericles (#13)
That was funny...
#28. To: GrandIsland (#22)
Feeding any animal capable of feeding themselves causes DEPENDENCY... since the beginning of man. Even when Dickens was alive.You should quit while you're ahead... you have nothing more to prove but the level of your bleeding heart. lol
#29. To: GrandIsland (#18)
Maybe tpaine will come along to answer the call, but right now he isbusy crying because all of his "fair use" threads are being wiped out.
#30. To: GrandIsland (#24)
And yet the food stamp recipients sell their cards for 50 cents on the dollar.But... But... that's how most of them pay for their weed and opiates.
How much weed and opiates you can buy for weed $2.22 (50% of $4.44)? And what do they eat?
#31. To: GrandIsland (#16)
#32. To: Pericles (#10)
Industrial, urban society in a free-trade world with nearly-free migrations of people will always have substantial excess populations that cannot get a job sufficient to support their needs within a local area or the necessary time frame to avoid extreme hardship.
Therefore, permanent food assistance is required to ensure that nobody lapses into malnutrition or starvation. The food provided on such programs should be nutritionally complete and wholesome and agreeable, if plain and unadorned. Children should be able to survive and thrive on it. It should not be threadbare prison rations, but sufficient to maintain permanent robust health.
However, it should be plain peasant food: healthy, wholesome and complete, but not FANCY.
#33. To: A Pole (#28)
There is nothing wrong with different economic classes. Capitalism thrives on the importance of all types of jobs. We need toilet makers, scrubbers and sellers... or we can't shit.
We are not equal liberal. We never were. We shouldn't try to treat people as equals... just FAIRLY based on their abilities.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#34. To: Gatlin (#31)
If You Want A Paycheck Vote Republican
You will get $50 per hour lettuce picking job!
#35. To: A Pole (#34)
You will get $50 per hour lettuce picking job!
John McCain made that sincere offer and not one person took him up on it.
Democrats would rather be on food stamps.
George Bush had nothing to do with the offer.
#36. To: Gatlin, A Pole (#35) (Edited)
You will get $50 per hour lettuce picking job!
John McCain made that sincere offer and not one person took him up on it.
McCain owns a lettuce farm? How will someone take him up on that offer if the farm is imaginary?
#37. To: Pericles (#36) (Edited)
McCain owns a lettuce farm? How will someone take him up on that offer if the farm is imaginary?
He may have a lettuce farm, I don't know.
The offer was not imaginary, it was a valid offer sincerely made at the time.
Here's the transcript:
John McCain: "I don't think I need to tell you that there are jobs that Americans will not do. I don't think I have to tell you that there are ... the backbone of our economy...
Audience members: "Pay them the right wages."
John McCain: "You know I've heard that statement before. Now, my friends, I'll offer anybody here fifty dollars an hour if you'll go pick lettuce in Yuma this season and pick for the whole season. So, ok, sign up! Ok, when you sign up, you sign up, and you'll be there for the whole season, the whole season, ok, not just one day. Because you can't do it, my friend."
#38. To: Gatlin (#35)
You will get $50 per hour lettuce picking job!John McCain made that sincere offer and not one person took him up on it.
stardawg 35 points 6 years ago
Damn, and I just took a job picking cabbage for $45 an hour! Fucking lettuce.
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papalmonkey 29 points 6 years ago
Just sent him an e-mail through his Senate website:
Dear Senator McCain,
During your address to the Building and Construction Trades Department Conference, you publicly offered to pay $50 an hour for people willing to come to Yuma, Arizona for the summer to pick lettuce.
I would like to sign up for this position. I am an educated, professional, American citizen, and would really enjoy the extra money I could earn if I switched to a career picking lettuce.
You did not provide any contact information during your address. I understand that you don't use e-mail or the internet, so I must assume that applicants must submit their resumes to you via the U.S. Mail. If so, which address should I send it to? I've tried finding your home address, but I've come across seven different home addresses and I'm unsure which would be appropriate.
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to a new career in the lucrative lettuce industry.
Sincerely, Papalmonkey
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habbadash 4 points 6 years ago
Don't be an asshole or he won't take my application seriously!
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cranktheguy[S] 187 points 6 years ago*
I graduated from college and work 40 hours a week, but still go further into debt every month- mostly because of my son's medical condition. I would love to make $50/hour. So, McCain, where do I sign? I am more than willing to work hard.
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Pluth 9 points 6 years ago*
Picking lettuce is hardly a "shit job." I did it in high school during the summer when I *couldn't drive a car. You might get a little dirty, but it isn't hard work.
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jjschnei 79 points 6 years ago
I'd pick lettuce for 100k a year. Fresh air, sunshine, nice view. Beats the hell out of working in a cubicle staring at a screen all day and getting paid a third of that.
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Omikron 146 points 6 years ago
Don't belittle the difficulty of the job. I grew up in a farming community, and have picked several types of farm crops. Believe me it is not fucking easy.
Still for 50 dollars an hour I'd pick pimples of McCain's ass for 10 hours a day.
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[deleted] 93 points 6 years ago*
Don't belittle the difficulty of the job. I grew up in a dermatology community, and have picked several types of ass pimples. Believe me it's not fucking easy.
Still for 50 dollars an hour I'd pick lettuce off of McCain's farm for ten hours a day.
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mingdamirthless 18 points 6 years ago
I also grew up on a farm, and picked squash, tomatoes, peppers, sweet corn, WATERMELONS, etc.
I agree, it can be extremely hot and tiring work. But let's be honest, we worked for 5 dollars an hour. For $50 an hour, we could've hired up to an including some lawyers in town to pick our crops.
The fact of the matter is, McCain is out of touch with how hard some people work for a living in this country.
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lofi76 1 point 6 years ago*
Still for 50 dollars an hour I'd pick pimples of McCain's ass for 10 hours a day.
that was the nastiest visual i've been subjected to in a LONG time.
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[deleted] 6 points 6 years ago
Fuck yeah. What did I go to college for? My degree is worthless and not even in the field I work in! Someone tell me where this $50/hour job is!
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[deleted] 19 points 6 years ago
McCain meant "toss salad" not "pick lettuce", it's an old Navy term
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imquez 2 points 6 years ago
Really, I could've swore I heard "let us pick" 50 dollars from your pocket.
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asaturn 6 points 6 years ago
when you sit on your ass for all but one week per year in the senate, making $200,000+ ... picking lettuce for $50/hr seems like slave labor.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/6y43r/dear_mccain_where_do_i_sign_up_for_the_50hour/
#39. To: A Pole (#38)
...you publicly offered to pay $50 an hour for people willing to come to Yuma, Arizona for the summer to pick lettuce.
That's a lie. John McCain did NOT make that offer.
#40. To: Gatlin, A Pole, Pericles (#39) (Edited)
...you publicly offered to pay $50 an hour for people willing to come to Yuma, Arizona for the summer to pick lettuce.That's a lie. John McCain did NOT make that offer.
From YOUR OWN POST # 34:
Gatlin - "The offer was not imaginary, it was a valid offer sincerely made at the time. "
John McCain: "You know I've heard that statement before. Now, my friends, I'll offer anybody here fifty dollars an hour if you'll go pick lettuce in Yuma this season and pick for the whole season. So, ok, sign up! Ok, when you sign up, you sign up, and you'll be there for the whole season, the whole season, ok, not just one day. Because you can't do it, my friend."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#41. To: Deckard, A Pole, GrandIsland (#40) (Edited)
Thanks for the video.
I repeat: John McCain "never offered to pay $50 an hour for people willing to come to Yuma, Arizona for the summer to pick lettuce."
(GrandIsland, follow along with the posts here).
#42. To: Gatlin (#41)
I repeat: John McCain "never offered to pay $50 an hour for people willing to come to Yuma, Arizona for the summer to pick lettuce."
Good grief man, are you insane, blind or just such a McCain suck-up that you can't even hear the offer he made?
You need to take a break old man - you are getting confused.
Folks your age get easily addled when presented with facts.
You yourself claimed in post #34 that "The offer was not imaginary, it was a valid offer sincerely made at the time."
Now you're backtracking trying to say the offer was not valid?
Get some rest sport.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts#43. To: Gatlin (#39)
That's a lie. John McCain did NOT make that offer.Another post:
Gatlin - "The offer was not imaginary, it was a valid offer sincerely made at the time. "
I am getting confused.
#44. To: Deckard, A Pole, GrandIsland (#42)
...you can't even hear the offer he made?
It is you, who can't hear the offer he made.
I repeat again:
John McCain "never offered to pay $50 an hour for people willing to come to Yuma, Arizona for the summer to pick lettuce."
Now, you go listen again to the offer he made, and listen very carefully this time.
#45. To: A Pole (#43)
John McCain "never offered to pay $50 an hour for people willing to come to Yuma, Arizona for the summer to pick lettuce."
Go watch the video Deckard posted and listen very carefully to the offer John McCain made.
Pay close attention...
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