Newt’s Faulty Food-Stamp Claim
- Bush added 14.7 million to the food stamp roles during his 8 year presidency.
- In 2008 he added 4.4 million, triple the 1.4 million added in 2007.
- As of December 2011, Obama has added 14.2 million.
- 47 percent of beneficiaries were children under age 18.
- 8 percent were age 60 or older.
- 41 percent lived in a household with earnings from a job — the so-called “working poor.”
- The average household received a monthly benefit of $287.
- 36 percent were white (non-Hispanic), 22 percent were African American (non-Hispanic) and 10 percent were Hispanic
