I never understood how stamps could fill you up anyway.
Maybe the commemorative ones.
Sorry...
This will save billions.
There’s a good chance that some, perhaps many, of the accounts being terminated are fraudulent.
[[[According to Reuters, the residents of 43 states automatically become eligible for food stamps via SNAP if they receive benefits from another federal program... ]]]
Mainly Medicaid.
We’re doling out billions every year for social programs in the Middle East countries we’re occupying - Afghanistan and Iraq - but I never see Freepers complaining. It’s only social programs for low-income Americans, here at home, that Freepers want cut.
That wasn’t the message that got Trump elected, and I’m not sure it will get him re-elected. A big part of his winning coalition are financially struggling people in the upper Midwest. With the offshoring of manufacturing under Clinton, Bush and Obama, a lot of them may still need food stamps.
As an intake interviewer at a local food/clothing/etc. non-profit, I talk with lots of folks who are probably gonna get cut via this program. Good!!
Anything about citizenship?
Use the savings on the wall.
A good start.
Ended up earning $1943 gross in a calendar month (5 Fridays meant 3 bi-weekly paydays), went from $540 in SNAP benefits to $0 with a requirement to go through the re-application process.
‘course, if we're dropping people from the system, how about we start with families of illegals were both parents aren't here legally and all benefits stem because they've got an anchor baby in the family to attach all the benefits to?
I'm also not totally convinced at the whole asset test; went through decades of balancing my brother-in-law's bank account (Downs syndrome) to ensure it never goes over the magic $2,000; that account paid for the yearly clothes shopping, the replacement glasses, etc. If it accidentally slipped to $2,015, and it went a couple months without notice, SDI pulls back money from future checks.
Honestly, I want to see a system that goes back to the old 2:1 exchange; for every $2 earned, $1 in benefits reduced. It'll ease the landmine in monthly income, encourage people to earn more money, and eventually, save the country more money.
There are groups that trade information on just how to “mine” state and federal benefits and they make a good living not doing a thing but mocking people who work to support their family and pay taxes that support these slackers.
There is one family of three ,mother father and daughter, who I believe are pulling down 3 to 4 grand a month. The daughter is 60, never worked a job and is faking disability to get money from her father’s benefits.
Winning! More, please. I am still not tired of winning.
JoMa
It’s a good start!
That’s a start. Need to cut 99% of all welfare funding.
The welfare office secretary here quit after realizing she made less working 40 hrs/week than their clients did sitting on their couches.