Fact check: Gingrich's faulty food-stamp claim (Under-Obama 444,574--Under-Bush 14.7 MILLION)

[kpete]

Fact check: Gingrich's faulty food-stamp claim

But Gingrich goes too far to say Obama has put more on the rolls than other presidents. We asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition service for month-by-month figures going back to January 2001. And they show that under President George W. Bush the number of recipients rose by nearly 14.7 million. Nothing before comes close to that.

And under Obama, the increase so far has been 14.2 million. To be exact, the program has so far grown by 444,574 fewer recipients during Obama's time in office than during Bush's

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-01-18/fact-check-gingrich-obama-food-stamps/52645882/1



and:

Who gets food stamps?

•47% of beneficiaries were children under age 18.

•8% were age 60 or older.

•41% lived in a household with earnings from a job — the so-called "working poor."

•The average household received a monthly benefit of $287.

•36% were white (non-Hispanic), 22% were African American (non-Hispanic) and 10% were Hispanic.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-01-18/fact-check-gingrich-obama-food-stamps/52645882/1



Newt spends more at Tiffany's then these people will see in their lifetimes!
(not sure if that is the truth or not, but HEY, who cares..., kpete)