re: Nearly 1.5 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Under Trump

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it's worth noting that the number of people on food stamps has been falling for the last 5 years.

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Year Participants (in thousands) %Change from previous year
2012 46,609 4%
2013 47,636 2%
2014 46,664 -2%
2015 45,767 -2%
2016 44,219 -3%
2017 42,268 -4%

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It's a byproduct of our painfully slow Great Recession recovery

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I can agree here. Any time the unemployment rate increases, food stamp participants increase.