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Over 110,000,000 Americans are currently receiving some form of government welfare. This is not even including Social Security and Medicare. That is more than a third of our entire population. Under President Obama welfare programs have exploded and are projected to grow exponentially ($800 billion on food stamps alone in the next decade).
The numbers in the chart above represent not only American citizens but non-citizens, as well. In case you didn't know, America has partnered with Mexico to boost food stamp enrollment among non-citizens, migrant workers, and foreign nationals.
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), or the food stamp program, has expanded from providing for 17 million in 2000 to 45 million in 2011.
2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C. and back + 140.5
