Depictions of long bread lines during the Great Depression underscored how desperate many folks were back then. The Great Recession of 2008 version of these bread lines are now much more subtle, their called food stamps.

The number of people receiving food stamps has exceeded 45 million for 56 straight months (cite Department of Agriculture), meaning that an astonishing 14% of Americans are being fed by government. It means that 21.3 % (52.2.million) is one one or more means tested government program. Additionally most of this population also get special tax breaks, incentives or treatment, nanny government's tools for wealth redistribution and Sanders and Clinton advocate for more such social engineering.

Tracking for food stamp participation by the Department of Agriculture began in 1969. Food stamp population participation was 2.87 million people (14%) representing just 1.4% of total population. Statistically food stamp participation has increased 1,470% in 47 years yet the US population has had only a 56% increase.

The Department of Agriculture readily admit that the generous incentive for SNAP associated with both the 2002 and 2008 Farm Acts made benefits easier to secure and more generous.

Again we find Sanders and Clinton engaged in a battle over who will promise the most free stuff. Such promises are unconstitutional and unsustainable. These government welfare programs promote a disincentive to work and require unattainable monetary policy.

The printing/creating of money means more of the national wealth flows to the federal government. We see the same problem because of the FED monetary policies ( QE and low interest) stifling the economy money flow only to Wall Street and the US Treasury.

Government has to stop because its destroying us from within

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