Republicans maintain their lead among food stamps recipients

This deserves its own thread

As the U.S. economy recovers from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the explosive growth of food stamps remains a lingering legacy. And now the program comes with an irony, as the Republicans seeking to cut it also represent vast numbers of recipients.

Among the 254 counties where food stamp recipients doubled between 2007 and 2011, Republican Mitt Romney won 213 of them in last year’s presidential election, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by Bloomberg. Kentucky’s Owsley County, which backed Romney with 81 percent of its vote, has the largest proportion of food stamp recipients among those that he carried.

More than half of the Owsley County’s population -- 52 percent -- received food stamps in 2011, the most recent yearly number available. The county, which in 2012 was 97.6 percent non-Hispanic white and had 4,722 residents, had a median household income of $19,344, well below the Kentucky median of $42,248 and the $52,762 figure nationally, U.S. census data shows. Roughly four in 10 residents live below the poverty line.

Hal Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, represents the county and in winning his 16th term last year got 84 percent of its vote. His 5th congressional district in southeast Kentucky has the largest proportion of food stamp recipients among any held by a Republican, the data shows.
Farm Bill

That didn’t keep Rogers from voting for a farm bill in June that included cuts of about $2 billion annually from food stamps. That bill failed because it lacked the bipartisan support traditionally necessary for farm bills to pass.

Rogers also voted for a revised farm bill on July 11 that passed the House that was stripped of any funding for food stamps, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. House Republicans have said they will look to move a separate bill that would cut $4 billion annually from food stamps and similar programs.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...cked-by-republicans-with-voters-on-rolls.html

 

http://news.yahoo.com/party-rich-congress-democrats-040228270--election.html

 

Interesting. So democrats are more philanthropic.

 

Of course the dems are wealthier. They are smarter. The GOP dolts don't even believe in science.

 

They don't believe in education because reality is a liberal conspiracy.

 

Yeah, plus it's harder to delude the educated.

 

yeah sure the left is filled with the wealthy and educated --- yeah next you will tells us wealth is the reason so many on the left are on food stamps and get obamaphones.
the left has a few elites trying to turn everyone into debt slaves. other than the cronies the vast majority of the income earners are republicans.

Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated


Tea Party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, and are no more or less afraid of falling into a lower socioeconomic class, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html?_r=0

 

Oh, so that's how the composition of reps and dems really breaks down! How convenient.

 

well it does if you exclude govt workers and those feeding on the govt trough.

 

"According to a 2004 study by the Pew Research Center, liberals were the most educated ideological demographic and were tied with the conservative sub-group, the "Enterprisers", for the most affluent group. Of those who identified as liberal, 49% were college graduates and 41% had household incomes exceeding $75,000, compared to 27% and 28% as the national average, respectively"