Subject: Re: Joe Walsh
Steve203: “When I was president, the number that you’re talking about was a tiny fraction of what it is now. Biden went totally crazy. Gave it to anybody that would ask,” the president claimed.
Umm, a tiny fraction? A lie, of course.
Fiscal Year Average Monthly Participants (millions)
2017 42.317 million
2018 40.776 million
2019 35.702 million
2020 39.853 million
2021 41.604 million
2022 41.208 million
2023 42.177 million
2024 41.703 million
Between March 2022 and March 2023, some of the largest increases in the number of recipients took place in Louisiana (+17.1 %), California (+12.1 %), and Florida (+9.8 %).