Obama Fun Fact: More Americans on Food Stamps Than Entire Population of Spain

Once again, here’s your Obama fun fact for the day.
More Americans were on food stamps in December, than the entire population of Spain.
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An average 46,609,072 people were on the program every month in 2012.
The Weekly Standard Blog reported:

On Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture quietly released new statistics related to the food stamps program, officially known as SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The numbers reveal, in 2012, the food stamps program was the biggest it’s ever been, with an average of 46,609,072 people on the program every month of last year. 47,791,996 people were on the program in the month of December 2012.

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