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GREAT AGAIN: 1.5 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Under Trump

Joseph Curl

Former president Barack Obama has been busy since leaving office trying to secure his legacy.

But here’s one big way Americans will always remember the 44th president: People forced to live on food stamp soared 32% under his watch. In 2009, when he took office, there were 33.5 million people on food stamp benefits; in October 2016, just a few months before he left office, that number had skyrocketed to 44.2 million — a jump of 10.7 million people.

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