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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Food stamp president: Enrollment up 70 percent under Obama - Washington Times

Food stamp president: Enrollment up 70 percent under Obama - Washington Times

Enrollment in the food stamp program — officially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — has soared by 70 percent in the years since President Obama first took office, a new report finds.

The government said the recession ended in 2009, The Wall Street Journal reports, but enrollment in the food stamp program didn’t wane, as would be expected in an improving economy. Since 2008, it’s been on a steady rise, The Journal reports.


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