Typical straw-man argument. Is he saying the free breakfasts and lunches provided by schools have no effect. They don't run out at the end of the month. How do you correct for bad choices?

Obama: Low-income Kids Do Worse in School at Month’s End Partly Because They’re ‘Getting Hungry,’ Food Stamps ‘Running Out’

CNSNews.com) – Kids in low-income communities statistically do poorer in terms of school performance near the end of each month, in part, because “they start getting hungry” as their food stamps “start running out,” said President Barack Obama at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Santa Monica, Calif., on Thursday. 

“Too many of our kids still go hungry in this country,” said Obama.   

“I was looking at some statistics, because we're looking at policies around hunger and the SNAP program, and the performance of children in lower-income communities in school dips at the end of the month in a statistically significant way,” he said, “in part because they start getting hungry as their food stamps for their family start running out which then affects how they perform in school.” 

The fundraiser where Obama spoke was held at the home of actor, playwright, and songwriter Tyler Perry.

According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture timeline, the food stamp program changed its name in 2008 to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and it apparently “lifted 5 million Americans, including 2.2 million children out of poverty in 2012.”

The timeline also claims that for every $1 spent in SNAP benefits, it generates $1.80 in economic activity.

 

As reported earlier by CNSNews.com, a record 20% of American households, one in five, were using SNAP in 2013, according to data from the USDA.

The numbers also show there was a record number of individuals on food stamps in 2013 and that the cost of the program was at an all-time high.

The USDA says that there were 23,052,388 households on food stamps in the average month of fiscal 2013, an increase of 722,675 from fiscal year 2012, when there were 22,329,713 households on food stamps in the average month.

CNSNews.com also reported in January that the number of beneficiaries on SNAP had topped 46,000,000 for the 38th straight month, according to USDA data.