People Receiving Food Aid Outnumber Full-time Workers in the USA .
The latest figures coming from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture reveal that the number of Americans receiving
food assistance has surpassed the number of full-time private sector workers in
the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that a total of 101,000,000
people currently participate in at least one of the 15 food programs offered by
the agency, at a cost of $114 billion in fiscal year 2012.
That means the number of Americans receiving food assistance has surpassed
the number of full-time private sector workers in the U.S.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 97,180,000
full-time private sector workers in 2012.
The population of the U.S. is 316.2 million people, meaning nearly a third
of Americans receive food aid from the government.
Of the 101 million receiving food benefits, a record 47 million Americans
participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly
known as food stamps. The USDA describes SNAP as the “largest program in the
domestic hunger safety net.”
The USDA says the number of Americans on food stamps is a “historically
high figure that has risen with the economic downturn.”
Mission accomplished, Mr. President!
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