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Mattie Duppler of Americans for Tax Reform on the increasing trend of college students applying for food stamps.
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News that more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any president in American history.
Who follow the money a record 46 million Americans on food stamps now even college students are taking advantage collecting food stamps won't go to class -- -- as -- -- plant would be.
Americans for Tax Reform so when I read this.
Have college students always had access to food stamps.
-- done this is coming that we see you know another relic of the stimulus bill that we are told will only be a temporary.
Shot in the arm for the economy and this is something to I think it's the best example we have.
A Nevada creating a consistency of dependency.
It is bleeding independents going this election might need to do is trying to -- in the younger individuals who don't want to vote against him because he's giving them free hid out.
The senate before 46 million people on food stamps we're at the highest level -- -- we've seen in twenty years.
You know obviously the idea that getting out -- out.
Providing people with supplemental insurance isn't working because a lot of this -- -- -- You know what they do they get people debit -- -- unused for their food stamps you know a lot of this allows an open itself up to fraud waste and abuse.
Its budget we're giving it to college students -- quite frankly.
Don't need this kind of assistance right that -- Just think about this for a second it whose -- you have to be eighteen or what what what are the eligibility requirements for a student to -- food stamps.
One exactly about the problem here at -- that eligibility requirements that basically -- on me you know all you need to be doing essentially is a student yesterday.
-- working in a work study program you know ten maybe twenty hours a week.
-- have a couple other a if other issues that you need today satisfy you know even you living that roommates and feeding your remained and somehow that qualify you for -- -- you know this is something to -- That looking back -- a lot of us who work that way through college who worked two jobs to -- -- works any part of it didn't get paid for are wondering.
You know where it might hit out where's my step up.
And the idea here is that -- were trying to create a culture.
-- a -- -- can -- depend on the government for everything and this is something I think Obama is trying to look at -- turning create democratic voters out of.
I got to tell -- we've we've talked about the story it -- in our editorial meeting in a lot of the producers who recently graduated in policy.
-- when where was exactly we so where -- my food stamps I could use that we were.
We do have a lot of money any blocking -- call call I wonder how many more told students don't even know they qualify right now.
What exactly and that's a thing -- -- you know we hear proponents of this -- I'm telling us all the time it was just a temporary initiative that started with the stimulus it's something that's going to bleed out over the next year south.
You know this isn't going to and it we have college -- we have people who are working but so are seeing food -- on this kind of assistance.
They're pretty pretty vocal about losing that a year and especially ahead of an election.
No one's going to want to vote against getting rid of -- so this is billions of dollars down the drain that we're going to see continuing to -- the spiral.
Simply because no wants about -- -- a -- step programme that shouldn't exist to Begin with because forgiving not the people.
Who don't deserve it who don't need it you know we start teaching people to stand on their own two feet -- -- people were coming out of college it's going to be rude awakening in this world.
If they decide the government at the one that needs to give them their choice given their chance.
-- to succeed.
May Betty the under President Obama food stamp usage or snap program has increased 45%.
In three years she's been present my guests.
That's only the three years when you get 2012 in the books there it is guys take a look at that.
When -- 2012.
In the books that number is going to be even higher you may even see.
-- counselors at 75 billion dollar spent last year on food stamps you could even see an eighty -- 85 billion dollar number for the for for 2012.
I exactly you know we saw the budget.
Fiasco all last year -- yet but.
Bring fight again this year.
And this kind of stuff -- like it lost in the shuffle when you have senate Democrats who won't give you an actual budget written on Paper.
Until you need to look for a -- you know maybe a hundred billion dollars this year going into tech department because -- got.
There's no accountability and this is something that lets you create a constituency for it's very difficult figure it out all right thank you may need to -- Thanks Eric print --
