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'Currently, 47 million Americans benefit from SNAP, but that number is expected to be greatly reduced once the economy recovers.'
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-wa...b_3956677.html
Some things just don't pass the smell taste.
Since '08, 18.38 million were added to the program. So if the author is correct in his expectations the economy has not recovered and in fact has gotten worse over the past five years. And if there's any correlation between the percentage of the rise in food stamp recipients and the economy it may be as high as 38% worse.
Cutting 4 million or 21% of those added since '08 may just be prudent pruning. Seems to me if the economy has improved and I certainly think it has since '08 the number cut should be more along the lines of 18 million.