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Nearly 1.5 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Under Trump
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:01 am
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:01 am
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Nearly 1.5 million Americans dropped off the food stamp rolls since President Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics on food stamp enrollment.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation dropped to 41,203,721 as of July 2017, the most recent data available from the USDA, from 42,691,363 in January 2017 when Trump took office.
According to the latest data, SNAP enrollment decreased by 3.48 percent, or 1,487,642, since Donald Trump began his presidency.
From May to July alone, nearly 400,000 Americans got off of food stamps, and the trend shows that enrollment has been consistently falling every month of Trump’s presidency.
Here is the breakdown of how many people dropped off the food stamp rolls each month of 2017:
January to February – 408,956
February to March – 95,152
March to April – 521,295
April to May- 176,527
May to June – 178,648
June to July – 236,417
Enrollment continues to be at its lowest level in seven years, thanks to policies Trump implemented at the federal level and ongoing efforts from state legislatures to get people off welfare and back to work.
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Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:04 am to stout
our president has compassion for the poor
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:05 am to stout
all this winning baw
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:08 am to stout
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:23 am to stout
For the sake of completeness, it's worth noting that the number of people on food stamps has been falling for the last 5 years. It's a byproduct of our painfully slow Great Recession recovery finally kicking into full gear. 2016 in particular saw drops in claims from that were right in line with what we are seeing this year
This post was edited on 10/24/17 at 9:24 am
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:24 am to 3nOut
I see EBT everyday of my life working. It is so abused and corrupt, so much fraud and cheating, I could blow Congress's mind if they knew the abuses I know. SOOO MUCH cheating. And Muslim C-stores selling beer and cigarettes for Food Stamps in every town, two in my town.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:27 am to stout
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dropped to 41,203,721
still a joke
The truly needy who can't provide for themselves is probably 10-20% of that number.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:45 am to stout
Children are literally dying in the streets of starvation and you think this is a good thing????!!
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:47 am to deltaland
Has there been a olicy implemented that would be the cause of this decrease?
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:50 am to stout
Here in Oklahoma they started drug testing applicants. We have a bad meth problem here and I guess they couldn't stay clean long enough to pass the test.
Posted on 10/24/17 at 9:51 am to funnystuff
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it's worth noting that the number of people on food stamps has been falling for the last 5 years.
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
I can agree here. Any time the unemployment rate increases, food stamp participants increase.
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