From the Washington Examiner: The number of Montgomery County and Prince
George's County residents on food stamps has more than doubled since
fiscal 2008, reflecting a statewide trend since the recession started,
data show.
Food stamp recipients also doubled in
Fairfax County, and are up in Virginia by 73 percent and in the District
by 59 percent, in the same time period.
In Montgomery County, 6.5 percent of 990,000 residents are on food stamps, and in Prince George's County, 11 percent of 871,000 residents. In all, roughly 13 percent of Maryland's 5.8 million residents are on food stamps.
In Virginia, 11
percent of 8.1 million residents are on food stamps. Of Fairfax
County's 1.1 million residents, 4.5 percent are on food stamps, while 22
percent of the District's 618,000 residents receive food stamps.
The growth is being caused by the recession on
top of new rules under the federal stimulus package that made
qualifying for benefits easier and allowed recipients to stay on the
program longer. http://washingtonexaminer.com/food-stamp-enrollment-doubles-in-area-since-recession/article/2514747#.ULhOfWc8VXs
The Obama Economy and easier ways to qualify takes more money out of the pockets of taxpayers (and loans from the Chinese and others) into the hands of people who may or may not need the Food Stamps.
In 4 years, I wonder how many of these people will be off of Food Stamps and other welfare or will they be addicted to the free hand outs? My guess, is that more often than not, most of these people will still be on the Food Stamps.
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