@Foxnews 's Varney Attacks "Feel Good" Food Stamp Program As Hunger Reaches Elevated Levels #p2 #tcot

"Fox's Stuart Varney dismissed the federal food stamp program as an "entitlement" that "make[s] you feel good" and attacked an outreach program intended to ensure that people know whether they are eligible for benefits, suggesting it was being used by the Obama administration to "buy votes." But the food stamp program -- the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- is effective and necessary as the number of hungry Americans has reached elevated levels, and the SNAP outreach program goes back at least to President George W. Bush.

Varney Attacks SNAP As A "Feel Good" "Entitlement" That Dems Use To "Buy Votes"

Varney: Informing People Of SNAP Eligibility Creates "An Entitlement Nation" And "Make[s] You Feel Good." On the March 15 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Fox Business host Stuart Varney attacked an outreach program for SNAP, asking "can we afford" to "reach out and give people food" and claiming that expanding SNAP coverage leads to "an entitlement nation" by making people "feel good." From Fox & Friends:"

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