Food Stamps and other Federal Food Programs

The federal government already spends $30,000 per low-income household on a variety of assistance programs. Food assistance is one of the primary ways in which the government helps poor families. Since 2007, he Food Stamp program (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) has doubled in size, and now totals $70 billion per year. Fifteen percent of Americans - a full one in seven - now rely on food stamps for their food needs. These numbers reveal that this country is moving further and further away from self-reliance and toward greater dependence on government.

 

ARTICLES:

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Healthy Food Stamps
February 8 2012
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School Lunch Fraud
January 19 2012
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This Is Not Lincoln’s Thanksgiving: The Era of Food Dependence
November 29 2011
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National Review Online

Fire the Government Wet Nurse
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Food Stamp Stunt
November 2 2011
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Sesame Street Tells a Fib . . . About Hunger
October 7 2011
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National Review -- The Home Front

Food Nanny State: The Feds Will Feed You
September 1 2011
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