America: The Food Stamp Nation |
America has over 44 million people on Food Stamps. The food stamps program's real name is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The Food Stamp program is "hidden" from view through
Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards that work just as credit cards. This
article visualizes the size of the program and the vast amounts of
people participating.
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One Hundred Dollars |
$100 - Most counterfeited money denomination in the world. Keeps the world moving. |
Ten Thousand Dollars |
$10,000 - Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car. Approximately one year of work for the average human on earth. |
One Million Dollars |
$1,000,000 - Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh? Still, this is 92 years of work for the average human on earth. |
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Bread Lines of the Modern Era-- The Great Recession |
IF
all EBT recipients shopped at only Walmart Super Centers for ALL their
SNAP benefits, then this is how the Bread Line would look each month--
14,588 people. There are 3051 Walmart Super Centers in USA and 44,510,598 participants in SNAP (2011), making the average SNAP line at each Walmart at 14,588 people. The Modern Era's Bread Lines are not visible because the business is handled discreetly through EBT Cards. According to this Food Stamps report pg 16-17, Walmart receives half of all SNAP dollars in Oklahoma. Walmart is the largest retailer in America. Short Facts: 47% of Food Stamp participants are children. 78.6% of all SNAP participants are in metropolitan areas. 93.2% of all SNAP benefits go to US citizens. Only 4% are self-employed. |
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One Hundred Million Dollars |
$100,000,000 - Plenty to go around for everyone. Fits nicely on an ISO / Military standard sized pallet. |
$100 Million Dollars = 1 year of work for 3500 average Americans |
Here are 2000 people standing shoulder to shoulder, looking for a job. The Federal Reserve's mandate is to maintain price stability and low unemployment. The Federal Reserve prints money based on the assumption that increasing money supply will boost jobs. |
One Billion Dollars |
$1,000,000,000 - You will need some help when robbing the bank. Interesting fact: $1 million dollars weighs 10kg exactly. You are looking at 10 tons of money on those pallets. The couch is worth $46.7 million. Made out of crispy $100 bills. |
Food Stamp Budget / Cost in 2011 for United States - $75.7 Billion Dollars |
United States spent $75,706,080,000 dollars on Food Stamps in 2011. Here you see the money on trucks with Walmart Super Center as a backdrop. The most SNAP participating states are (by % of population): Mississippi (20.9%), Oregon (19.96%), Tennessee (19.92%), New Mexico (19.90%), Michigan (19.53%), Louisiana (19.33%) and Alabama (19.16%). The least SNAP participating states are (by % of population): Wyoming (6.34%), New Hampshire (8.60%), New Jersey (8.61%), Colorado (8.86%), North Dakota (8.90%), Nebraska (9.45%), Minnesota (9.47%) and California (9.74%). |