Posted on 05/27/2005 5:31:02 AM PDT by francke
Massachusetts Launches Media Campaign to Increase Welfare Rolls Believing that there are likely hundreds of thousands of residents unaware of the program, state and federal officials in Massachusetts today launched a media campaign to encourage more low-income people to sign up for food stamps. "Good Food Good Health" posters have been tacked up inside MBTA stations encouraging residents to sign up for the program that helps the poor buy food. Other steps are being taken to boost enrollment. Taking a novel approach, state officials will now be granting food stamps to people who haven't even applied for food stamps. Instead of requiring residents to fill out a separate food stamp application, information from federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants is now sent electronically to the state Department of Transitional Assistance, where food stamp eligibility is automatically determined.
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Well isn't that cute....
Politicians CREATE A NEED and FILL IT...........
close ... but not quite...
should have said
Politicians CREATE A NEED and "promise" to FILL IT.
If they actually fixed a problem... we would have no more need for them would we?
In this case, they are LITERALLY filling it!.......
-Ronald Reagan
Send me cash, I promise I'll vote demoncrat </wink>
Gimme!
Unbelievable...
From someone who lives in Virginia, God Bless to all the conservative in MA. I truly feel for you guys.
So, when the state of Massachusetts goes broke are the American taxpayers in other states suppose to bail them out?
Wouldn't you be insulted to get foodstamps in the mail!?!
I'm from massivetwosh*%ts and my weekend is now ruined.
...Massachusetts Launches Media Campaign to Increase Welfare Rolls...
Vote Romney the comney!
MA doesn't use Food Stamps anymore. It's a Debit Card now. The stigma don't you know.
Yah, "First hits free" Motto of drug dealers and welfare agents.
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