Posted on 10/24/2012 12:02:34 PM PDT by Snuph
America has over 46 million people on Food Stamps. The food stamps program's real name is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Food Stamp program is "hidden" from view through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Cards that work just as credit cards. This article visualizes the size of the program and the vast amounts of people participating.
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
After the election we will have to worry about the rioting.
The rioting by all the Senior Execs of grocery store chains when we start cutting food stamp benefits.
Imagine when the money runs out
we don’t even have to cut the benefits right away, we can cut the bureaucracy which gobbles up 70% of the welfare budget
Step 1: remove carbonated beverages from approved foods
Step 1- Make them show up in person monthly
Step 2- Cash (there are full time people calculating how much benefit they get for each zip code) Same amount everywhere.
Step 3- One welfare program not 80.
What is a poor woman like this supposed to do if she is actually required to drink or empty the soda before putting it into the recycling machine for quick cash?
He crack dealer might be kept waiting.
The slackard class in SW Pennsylvania was appaled when this story made it to the local fishwrap. At least our slackards have enough ambition to actually drink the beverages first.
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