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Food stamp enrollment falls to 8-year low as Trump clamps down on fraud, economy improves

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Food stamp enrollment falls to 8-year low as Trump clamps down on fraud, economy improves | Fox News

Overall enrollment in the country’s food stamp program has dropped to its lowest level in more than eight years as the economy continues to improve and the Trump administration attempts to tackle fraud in the program.


According to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), enrollment in the program dropped in March to 40,083,954. The last time food stamp participation dipped this low was in February 2010, when 39,588,993 people were enrolled in the program.
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It's good to see people getting on their feet.
 
The article didn't mention any specifics about "reducing fraud." What it did say was that the Trump Admin was making it harder to get SNAP. I can't imagine why fewer people would participate if it's harder to get into the program.

Since Trump took office, more than 2.2 million have discontinued their participation in the SNAP program in large part due to his administration’s moves to reform SNAP.

Trump in February proposed a 30 percent, or $214 billion, cut to SNAP as part of the White House's federal budget proposal.

In April, Trump signed an executive order aiming to harden up work requirements for welfare and public assistance programs. The order, which aims to reduce poverty “by promoting opportunity and economic mobility,” calls for agencies to strengthen work requirements and to look for new ones.
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Oh, and SNAP participation has been falling since 2013, when Trump was first elected. Oh wait...

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But this is par for the course for this Administration -- cut taxes for the rich, then cut the budget for nutrition programs for the poorest people in the country.

Trump is screwing his base. The states with the highest p% of the population on SNAP are Trump states. Some of the biggest beneficiaries of these safety net programs are members of the Trump-supporting white working class. But the modern G.O.P. basically consists of career apparatchiks who live in an intellectual bubble, and those Reagan-era stereotypes still dominate their picture of struggling Americans.

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Most of the people who are on SNAP are children, the elderly, the disabled and people who work but just earn too little. The idea that making is hard for SNAP recipients will give them an incentive to get a job ignores the facts.
 
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MTAtech said:
The article didn't mention any specifics about "reducing fraud." What it did say was that the Trump Admin was making it harder to get SNAP. I can't imagine why fewer people would participate if it's harder to get into the program.



Oh, and SNAP participation has been falling since 2013, when Trump was first elected. Oh wait...

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But this is par for the course for this Administration -- cut taxes for the rich, then cut the budget for nutrition programs for the poorest people in the country.

Trump is screwing his base. The states with the highest p% of the population on SNAP are Trump states. Some of the biggest beneficiaries of these safety net programs are members of the Trump-supporting white working class. But the modern G.O.P. basically consists of career apparatchiks who live in an intellectual bubble, and those Reagan-era stereotypes still dominate their picture of struggling Americans.

feb-13-thurs-use-after-feb-11-population-receiving-snap-benefits.png


Most of the people who are on SNAP are children, the elderly, the disabled and people who work but just earn too little. The idea that making is hard for SNAP recipients will give them an incentive to get a job ignores the facts.
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Everything you said is irrelevant, because you all thought the economy was going to End of Days, and we'd all die. Instead it's actually better than Obama.
 
American said:
Everything you said is irrelevant, because you all thought the economy was going to End of Days, and we'd all die. Instead it's actually better than Obama.
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Except that it isn't better than Obama. It's just a continuation of the same economy.
 
MTAtech said:
The article didn't mention any specifics about "reducing fraud." What it did say was that the Trump Admin was making it harder to get SNAP. I can't imagine why fewer people would participate if it's harder to get into the program.



Oh, and SNAP participation has been falling since 2013, when Trump was first elected. Oh wait...

snappp.png



But this is par for the course for this Administration -- cut taxes for the rich, then cut the budget for nutrition programs for the poorest people in the country.

Trump is screwing his base. The states with the highest p% of the population on SNAP are Trump states. Some of the biggest beneficiaries of these safety net programs are members of the Trump-supporting white working class. But the modern G.O.P. basically consists of career apparatchiks who live in an intellectual bubble, and those Reagan-era stereotypes still dominate their picture of struggling Americans.

feb-13-thurs-use-after-feb-11-population-receiving-snap-benefits.png


Most of the people who are on SNAP are children, the elderly, the disabled and people who work but just earn too little. The idea that making is hard for SNAP recipients will give them an incentive to get a job ignores the facts.
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nice graphic; it demonstrates the the states that are utilizing the program the most are Trump 'red states'
 
MrPeanut said:
Except that it isn't better than Obama. It's just a continuation of the same economy.
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That's actually better than predicted.
 
cuban smokes said:
nice graphic; it demonstrates the the states that are utilizing the program the most are Trump 'red states'
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Not exactly, although that's been the mantra of the Progressives for a while now, it's actually about half and half when you take into consideration the population of the states. WY is a Trump state and is <8 and NY is not a Trump state and they're at >16. California and Texas are huge populations and they are middle of the road in that chart, and are on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
 
cuban smokes said:
nice graphic; it demonstrates the the states that are utilizing the program the most are Trump 'red states'
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Yes, isn't that interesting.

But we shouldn't let reality interfere with conservative cognitive dissonance.
 
Beaudreaux said:
Not exactly, although that's been the mantra of the Progressives for a while now, it's actually about half and half when you take into consideration the population of the states. WY is a Trump state and is <8 and NY is not a Trump state and they're at >16. California and Texas are huge populations and they are middle of the road in that chart, and are on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
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I think most statisticians would argue rates are far more relevant than pure numbers.
 
Beaudreaux said:
Not exactly, although that's been the mantra of the Progressives for a while now...
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Geoist said:
I think most statisticians would argue rates are far more relevant than pure numbers.
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Not to mention, I did not see the poster say or imply "exactly", making an absolute argument.
 
Quoting American...

" It's good to see people getting on their feet. "

A good solid start in our economic recovery.Jobs are opening up and needing to be filled.
This has to be uplifting to get off of food stamps and as part of the results,raising self esteem.
 
I should have expected this. What a fing screwup that grifter is.

I'll make a point to give more to the state food bank.
 
HUD is proposing that rental rates for the poor be raised 3 times higher than they are now. The logic is that this will spur the elderly poor to go out and get a job. Most of those jobs are the kind found at Wal-Marts.
If we're about to launch a trade war with China, what does that mean for those big box stores that sell nothing but Chinese made goods?

Oh I know, when the trade war empties all those shelves, we're supposed to go back to blaming Obama again.
 
American said:
Everything you said is irrelevant, because you all thought the economy was going to End of Days, and we'd all die. Instead it's actually better than Obama.
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Then you agree Obama did well with the worst recession since the dirty 30s and laid the foundation for economic growth.
 
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I should have expected this. What a fing screwup that grifter is.

I'll make a point to give more to the state food bank.
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My 2 charities are ones that help the poor (food banks) help with addictions and children's hospitals.
 
MrPeanut said:
Except that it isn't better than Obama. It's just a continuation of the same economy.
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then you shouldn't have any problem posting the results that Obama left Trump and compare those results to what Obama was hired to do, return us to pre recession levels. Did he do that? Such low standards you leftists have
 
JANFU said:
Then you agree Obama did well with the worst recession since the dirty 30s and laid the foundation for economic growth.
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I think Obama did a great job, he lost the House in 10-12 and Congress in 14-16, never had GDP growth exceeding 3% and that coming off a -2.7 in 2009, never getting the U-6 below 9.2 pre recession levels, adding 9.3 trillion to the debt and of course having his legacy and policies rejected by giving us Trump, NOT HILLARY
 
Conservative said:
then you shouldn't have any problem posting the results that Obama left Trump and compare those results to what Obama was hired to do, return us to pre recession levels. Did he do that? Such low standards you leftists have
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Why would I post something like that? I made an argument that Trump inherited an improving economy and it has continued to improve at nearly the same rate, which means Trump hasn't really changed anything. What do you believe Trump has done that has given us this economy?
 
MrPeanut said:
Why would I post something like that? I made an argument that Trump inherited an improving economy and it has continued to improve at nearly the same rate, which means Trump hasn't really changed anything. What do you believe Trump has done that has given us this economy?
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Because the numbers don't show it and you haven't supported your claim? Post the data to support your claims? Here is what Trump inherited

From BEA.gov 1.2% GDP growth, Trump average 2.6%

From BLS.gov 9.4% U-6 now 7.8%

Employment 152 million, now 155.4 million

From Treasury 20 trillion dollar debt

Like most liberals you really have no understanding as to the components of GDP and what drives those components. Post the data not the opinions or predictions
 
Conservative said:
Because the numbers don't show it and you haven't supported your claim? Post the data to support your claims? Here is what Trump inherited

From BEA.gov 1.2% GDP growth, Trump average 2.6%

From BLS.gov 9.4% U-6 now 7.8%

Employment 152 million, now 155.4 million

From Treasury 20 trillion dollar debt

Like most liberals you really have no understanding as to the components of GDP and what drives those components. Post the data not the opinions or predictions
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I'm looking at the table on BEA.gov and since 2010 the annual %growth in GDP is 2.5, 1.6, 2.2, 1.7, 2.6, 2.9, 1.5, 2.3. Do yourself a favor and use the tools on that site to plot a graph with those numbers and then tell me why Trump's 2.3 is significant. You can do the exact same thing with the U-6 numbers. If you want to prove that Trump has changed something in the economy then you must find an actual change, in rate, from the years before. Don't try to sneak in 2016 and pretend like we can just ignore the years prior. If I earn 1 dollar every day then at the end of 4 days I will have 4 dollars. If you take over my position, and my dollars, then at the end of the 5th day you will have 5 dollars. That doesn't mean you are responsible for some dramatic turn around because 5 is bigger than 4. However, If on the end of the 5th day you have 8 dollars well that would be something to talk about. Continuation of a trend is not impressive, and without a change in rate proves nothing.
 
MrPeanut said:
I'm looking at the table on BEA.gov and since 2010 the annual %growth in GDP is 2.5, 1.6, 2.2, 1.7, 2.6, 2.9, 1.5, 2.3. Do yourself a favor and use the tools on that site to plot a graph with those numbers and then tell me why Trump's 2.3 is significant. You can do the exact same thing with the U-6 numbers. If you want to prove that Trump has changed something in the economy then you must find an actual change, in rate, from the years before. Don't try to sneak in 2016 and pretend like we can just ignore the years prior. If I earn 1 dollar every day then at the end of 4 days I will have 4 dollars. If you take over my position, and my dollars, then at the end of the 5th day you will have 5 dollars. That doesn't mean you are responsible for some dramatic turn around because 5 is bigger than 4. However, If on the end of the 5th day you have 8 dollars well that would be something to talk about. Continuation of a trend is not impressive, and without a change in rate proves nothing.
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I know how hard this is for you to understand but Obama took office in January 2009 WITH A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS that passed his stimulus almost day one so he was responsible for the -2.7% GPD Growth in 2009. Then there is his 8 years in office where he generated 3.8 trillion in GDP growth exceeding Bush's 4.5 trillion, right? Your inability to research and reliance on leftwing data is staggering. Please name for me one modern day President that never had 3% annual GDP growth during his term especially with a -2.7% growth to build on?

Trump took office January 2017 and first qtr it was 1.2 then 3.0, 3.1, 2.6 and 2.3. Get some help understanding the data.

Your support for failure shows just how partisan you truly are.
 
Conservative said:
I know how hard this is for you to understand but Obama took office in January 2009 WITH A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS that passed his stimulus almost day one so he was responsible for the -2.7% GPD Growth in 2009. Then there is his 8 years in office where he generated 3.8 trillion in GDP growth exceeding Bush's 4.5 trillion, right? Your inability to research and reliance on leftwing data is staggering. Please name for me one modern day President that never had 3% annual GDP growth during his term especially with a -2.7% growth to build on?

Trump took office January 2017 and first qtr it was 1.2 then 3.0, 3.1, 2.6 and 2.3. Get some help understanding the data.

Your support for failure shows just how partisan you truly are.
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I think you have a problem with English. A quarterly report refers to one quarter of a full year. You'll find that Obama had plenty of quarters above 3 and some above 4 as well. They don't matter all that much. I count the recovery from when it started. An economy that is falling is not recovering by definition. You seem intent on creating a reality where Trump improved the economy in some noticeable way. What policies did Trump implement that changed the economy, and what was the change? Please don't really solely on 2016 numbers this time as it is a dishonest representation of an 8 year long presidency.
 
American said:
Everything you said is irrelevant, because you all thought the economy was going to End of Days, and we'd all die. Instead it's actually better than Obama.
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What specifically has Trump done for the economy?
 
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