No, "It's distressing".
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Doubtful. In fact I would say this is likely an out right falsehood.
puts Minnesota in the bottom third of states in food stamp usage
That should be something to be proud of.
and deprives the state's economy of more than $170 million a year in federal dollars,
And now we come to the real reason these twits are upset.
I don't know what country this guy is talking about. I see a lot of FAT people in this country.
Apparently not for people like this Jessica Weber (or was it Webster?) Not important, These are the poverty pimps whose jobs and livelihoods require as many poor and needy folks as possible. It's power and money to them.
They run ads in NJ encouraging people that they may be eligible for foodstamps even if they have a job, a car, etc. Seems to me that nationwide "enough" people aren't needing foodstamps and the government cronies want to make sure they keep getting our money. By "they" I mean the bureaucrats keep getting money, they don't give a damn about hungry families.
"Senator" Franken will take care of this "problem" forthwith......
GET A JOB - that's all I can say, then there would be much more income for the state. Tired of these handouts!
Among the top reasons that aid remains unused by the people who qualify for it, is that the bureaucrats have heaped so many requirements for getting it, that it's not worth it.
For example, people with no vehicle are required to attend a 1/2 hour meeting on "how to improve your life", held on the other side of a big city, one hour by bus away, three times a week. When they get there, nobody is there, just a sign in sheet to prove that they showed up.
How much crap like that could *you* tolerate? And that's not all. Once or twice a week you have to get counseled by a woman who is the bureaucrat equivalent of Cindy Sheehan. A person who just wants to *spew* at you for an hour, and you have to sit there and listen to her.
And *then* they interrogate you. Did you look for work this week? We need a urine sample. Here are some more papers to fill out to continue to receive food aid. And some more so you can get disability. Etc., ad nauseum. Do you beat your children? We want to interview your children to see if you beat them. Oh, and more paperwork to fill out.
Our local newsies occasionally run food stamp infomercials to entice the independent to get on the teat.
Maybe this should tell them they are not really needed. Have they seen all those starving people. They do not exsist.
This was the mantra in Michigan a few years ago. They were very distressed because some state workers in the program were about to lose their jobs becasue there were not enough "customers". They actually advertised in this state for people to get food stamps. I saw some of those "did you know" commercials. A few years later and there are so many on food stamps it is a crisis.