[Mr. K]

Wel, what do you know... a conservative democrat!

I thought those were extinct?

Or is she just lying to get elected? It seems the only people will to run claiming to be proud conservatives are Democrats. And lying RINO’s.

[Neoliberalnot]

Finally, one of the stuck on stupid demrats realizes the true nature of the Kenyan faggot. Thanks for gifting the country with this nightmare.

[mosaicwolf]

"Prohibit food stamp purchases of potato chips, snacks, soft drinks, candy, pizza, frozen foods of any kind except juice."

That is discrimination. If people that earn a living can eat junk food so should the disenfranchised, disadvantaged, or other victims. //sarc off//

[lavaroise]

Obama shakedown is geinding gears and making everyone look bad.

When will be his Allluha Akbar self detonation moment? Every muslims wait for their interpreter to give it to them with high expectation of reward.

[rjsimmon]

Welfare drug testing is the wrong way to go. The last thing we need is another government program to do anything.

Disagree there, Mike. This is not a program, it should be a requirement. Ditto for public housing, food stamps and Obamaphones.

[mgist]

Great article! Democrat doesn’t know that shining truth on the Mafia will have criminal repercussions.

[WayneS]

I think they should elect her. She could be entertaining in the senate.

[Svartalfiar]

Welfare drug testing is the wrong way to go. The last thing we need is another government program to do anything.

Actually, it's not another government program, it's an already existing government handout program that adds requirements to simply prevent subsidizing luxury items. If they can afford alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, then they can afford to buy their own food.

That said, I fully agree with several of your ideas regarding making the purchasables more restrictive. I was at Whole Foods the other day and some lady in front of me had a huge cart with their organic fancy steaks, fancy veggies, etc. and she paid for most of it, ~$80, with an EBT card, and the remaining $30ish with cash (had a whole wad of 20s in her nice-looking wallet).

If anything, we should definitely restrict them to basic staples of foods: cheap meats like chicken/pork/ground beef, beans, rice, veggies, flour, etc., as well as getting rid of the auto-deposited debit card. Go back to actually issuing food 'stamps'. And they're subject to random drug testing (minimum once/year, plus when they first sign up) when they pick up their stamps.

I would bet even just a couple of these changes would cut the food stamp costs by half at least.