Two records the Obama regime can be proud of!

[Fury]

Obama Sets Two New Records: Number of Americans on Food Stamps, Amount of Government Limos

(ABC News) - A record number of Americans — about 14 percent — now rely on the federal government’s food stamps program and its rapid expansion in recent years has become a politically explosive topic.

More than 44.5 million Americans received SNAP benefits in March, an 11 percent increase from one year ago and nearly 61 percent higher than the same time four years ago.

Nearly 21 million households are reliant on food stamps.

Opponents of the program argue that money from the food stamps budget — with what they call its increasingly lax requirements — needs to be shifted to other programs such as education and child nutrition. The program’s supporters argue that at a time of economic decline, such welfare programs are even more important to try to keep Americans from spiraling into poverty.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/05/congress-mulls-cuts-to-food-stamps-program-amid-record-number-of-recipients.html


(Fox News) - Obama administration officials are riding in style.

A new report from a watchdog group shows that the number of limousines owned by the federal government rose by 73 percent during the first two years of President Obama’s administration. The State Department was the recipient of most the new luxury vehicles.

The “Limousine Liberals?” report from iWatch News, part of the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity, showed that government data pegged the number of limos in the federal fleet at 412 in fiscal 2010, up from 238 in fiscal 2008.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/31/limousine-liberals-report-shows-government-limo-fleet-swelling/






The two holy grails of the left; welfare and a bloated federal government.  

[Soul Crusher]

Hope and change cult could care less. 

[Bindare_Dundat]

(ABC News) - A record number of Americans — about 14 percent — now rely on the federal government’s food stamps program and its rapid expansion in recent years has become a politically explosive topic.

More than 44.5 million Americans received SNAP benefits in March, an 11 percent increase from one year ago and nearly 61 percent higher than the same time four years ago.



Holy shit. Everytime these numbers get published it blows me away.

[Fury]

(ABC News) - A record number of Americans — about 14 percent — now rely on the federal government’s food stamps program and its rapid expansion in recent years has become a politically explosive topic.

More than 44.5 million Americans received SNAP benefits in March, an 11 percent increase from one year ago and nearly 61 percent higher than the same time four years ago.



Holy shit. Everytime these numbers get published it blows me away.

According to the libs on here the economy is fixed and Obama is doing a terrific job.

[Soul Crusher]

Cult of personality at its worst.

[Fury]

Cult of personality at its worst.

You lie! It's doing terrific. The more people sucking on the government teet the better! More on food stamps. More!!!!!

[Soul Crusher]

Its intentional. 

[Soul Crusher]

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How's all this "Change" working out for you??!!!

Posted on May 31, 2011 11:03:57 PM EDT by Mier

How's all this "Change" working out for you??!!!

this is NOT new news! + some of these numbers have gotten worse!

Here is the "change" promised 2 years later after Obama took office-----

 January 2009 TODAY % chg. Source

Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. $1.79 $4.59 100.6% 1

Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) $43.48 $113.02 127.7% 2

Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) $38.70 $108.38 180.0% 2

Gold: London (per troy oz.) $853.25 $1,514.50 65.5% 2

Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL $3.56 $6.33 78.1% 2

Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL $9.66 $13.75 42.3% 2

Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob $13.37 $35.39 164.7% 2

Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall 7.6% 9.4% 23.7% 3

Unemployment rate, blacks 12.6% 15.8% 25.4% 3

Number of unemployed 11,616,000 14,485,000 24.7% 3

Number of fed.. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim) 2,779,000 2,840,000 2.2% 3

Real median household income (2008 v 2009) $50,112 $49,777 -0.7% 4

Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10) 31,983,716 43,200,878 35.1% 5

Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10) 7,526,598 9,193,838 22.2% 6

Number of long-term unemployed 2,600,000 6,400,000 146.2% 3

Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) 13.2% 14.3% 8.3% 4

People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) 39,800,000 43,600,000 9.5% 4

U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings 5 9 n/a 10

Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10) 29.9 23.5 -21.4% 11

Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date) 140 164 17.1% 12

U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate (This is even after the earthquake.) 89.76 85.03 -5.6% 2

U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) 1,575.1 1,865.7 18.4% 13

U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) 8,310.9 8,871.3 6.7% 13

National debt, in trillions $10.627 $14.278 34.4% 14

Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history. Over 27 times as fast! Metaphorically, speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane 27 times faster . . . it would be doing 1,755 MPH! This is a disaster! Sources: (1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; ( Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury

[George Whorewell]

I thought that BF was going to post two little known accomplishments that the Obama Administration is famous for: (1) Obama set a record for presidential free throws after hitting 7 in a row. (2) Barak Obama got Lebron James up to HORS in a game of horse before Lebron beat him.

[Dos Equis]

I was just telling an Obama supporter today that he inherited a mess and made it worse. 

[Soul Crusher]

I was just telling an Obama supporter today that he inherited a mess and made it worse. 

Send them my list. 

[Soul Crusher]

And the morons on msnbc talk about obama "saving the economy".   

Yawn.  The amount of kneepadding by these idiots that is in overdrive is truly bizarre. 

Obama could tell the average idiot who voted for him in 2008 and 90 percent of them would gladly do it.