Thanks, Bush and Obama: 1 in 7 Americans Were on Food Stamps in 2015.

[BIAD]

'Forty-five million Americans were on food stamps — also known as the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — at some point in 2015.

That's equal to one in seven Americans. It's a big number, although not an all-time high.
The all-time high was reached back in 2013 when more than 47 million Americans
enrolled in the program. The total budget in 2015 was $73.9 billion, or approximately
12 percent the size of all defense and veterans programs.

In spite of falling unemployment rates — which are really driven by declining work
force participation — food stamp use remains near record highs and is up by
78 percent over the past ten years:



And, the picture doesn't improve if we adjust for population growth.
(Obviously, the US population has not increased 78 percent over the last ten years.)
If we take the numbers on a per capita basis over time, the curve looks essentially
the same:



So can we just blame food stamp growth on the currently lackluster economy?
Only partially. It stands to reason that the post-2008 surge in food stamp participatio
 has indeed been driven by a weak economy in part.

But, as we can see in the graphs, food stamp use increased during the non-recessionary
Bush years between 2001 and 2008. In fact, during that period, food stamp participation
increased 62 percent...'
SOURCE:

[Mystic Wanderer]

That's just one arm of what "they" want; to have the mass population dependent on the government so they can't oppose them, or else they can have their food taken away! 

"Shhh... be very, very quite.  We can't allow the people to notice us sneaking in to bring in the NWO until they are completely at our mercy!

And... don't forget to grab the guns so they can't shoot back!"  

[BIAD]

That's just one arm of what "they" want; to have the mass population dependent on the government so they can't oppose them, or else they can have their food taken away! 

"Shhh... be very, very quite.  We can't allow the people to notice us sneaking in to bring in the NWO until they are completely at our mercy!

And... don't forget to grab the guns so they can't shoot back!"  

I cannot agree more. If this is the wished-for result of his 'Hope' campaign, he almost succeeded.

Anyway, a few days from now he'll just be a page or two in the history books, where it shows that
all he ever really did was play golf and divide a nation.

[senona]

Simple.

The more people on food stamps, the more dependent they are on the government.
The easier it is to control the masses.

Does not surprise me one bit that Bush got this going, being as he and Daddy Bush are part of the Elite.




Having said that, they better beware of the other 50% of the population.
Sure some are passive, willing to give up in order to maintain "peace".

But of that 50%, I bet your sweet azz that there are about 40% who won't go quietly and without a fight.
Those are the ones TPTB are worried about.


So yeah, the more people that they can get on some form of government subsidy, the better it is for the govt.


It's all about control of the people.
Power.


And no, it does not matter which party is in office.
Dem/Rep--they are all the same.

Which is where they have many fooled into thinking otherwise.




*On a side note, that is why I feel like Trump's life is more in danger than Obama's. He is not part of the D.C. "team" *