- Why are 47 million Americans on food stamps? It’s the recession, mostly. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/23/why-are-47-million-americans-on-food-stamps-its-the-recession-mostly/ 159 comments politics
- In 1969, just 2.8 million Americans received food stamps. Today, over 47 million Americans are on food stamps http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/04/05/boomtown-2-taxpayers-have-spent-15-trillion-on-the-war-on-poverty 35 comments economy
- Congress is poised to let a temporary boost in food-stamp benefits end later this week for more than 47 million Americans http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-28/food-stamp-benefits-to-be-cut-by-5-percent.html 7 comments politics
- Why Are 47 Million Americans On Food Stamps? Hint: It's Not Just the Economy. http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/21/why-are-a-record-number-of-americans-on 13 comments politics
- The Issue: Food stamp cuts -- 47 million Americans have less to eat http://www.upi.com/top_news/us/2013/11/03/the-issue-food-stamp-cuts-47-million-americans-have-less-to-eat/upi-66581383471000/ 12 comments politics
- 47 million Americans receive food stamps, and almost 14,000 of them live in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. That's one third of the town... http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/food-stamps-put-rhode-island-town-on-monthly-boom-and-bust-cycle/2013/03/16/08ace07c-8ce1-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html 5 comments politics
- Corporatism - State-Controlled Capitalism. 47 million Americans are on food stamps and the middle class is being systematically destroyed. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-10/guest-post-corporatism-state-controlled-capitalism 28 comments economy
- "More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress begins negotiations on further cuts to the program." http://bigstory.ap.org/article/news-summary-food-stamp-cuts-set-kick 64 comments politics