On November 4, 2011 Congresswoman Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and eight of her Democratic colleagues ended their week-long "food stamp challenge." During the challenge, the congresspeople maintained a $4.50-per-day food budget to better understand the situation of those in the food stamp program, which delivers an average weekly benefit of $32.59. (The program was officially renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in 2004.)
"There are a lot of myths associated with food stamps," including "the argument that it is rife with fraud" and the idea that beneficiaries are shiftless, said Speier. "Many of those who are on food stamps are the working poor. I really feel strongly that unless we walk in the shoes of someone on food stamps, we have no idea. I had no idea, I really didn't."
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Thats right, there is no food stamp fraud. But when I typed that into google I got 1,410,000 hits. Hmmmmm. Maybe there is food stamp fraud after all.
ReplyDeleteThe American people have more problems than they can even count. The amount of bullshit that murdered the US is unbelievable. Everyday, and everywhere, you see the American population wasting away to the point where humanity isn't recognized.
ReplyDeleteHow much booze can people drink? Well, in 1970 alcohol remained in liquor stores. Shortly after only small sections in stores sold it. Now the first thing you see when you walk into any store is a massive isle filled with a hundred different brands. No wonder that the universities host mostly academically unqualified alcoholics and addicts. STDs since 1950, went from two known to over a hundred. "Free sex" only comes with intoxication. Believe that, no hippie did it sober.
But alcohol always served the ruling class; a bunch of hung over idiots with millions of dead brain cells each binge episode have no way of managing themselves properly, yet alone fight tyrants. I think booze wise, we've regressed back to the Renaissance level...
Now let's talk about caffeine. Did anyone else know that caffeine actually sucks the brain and physical energy away from you? Besides causing fight or flight responses throughout the day, this constant adrenaline is responsible for rapid mood swings, anxiety, insomnia, and depression.
Maybe that's why big pharma stays big? And how teenagers are diagnosed with all kinds of shit they don't really have. Perhaps if they didn't flood their brains with red bulls they wouldn't have ADHD.
Television and internet both cause depression, depletion of energy, slothfulness, brainwash, and diminished self esteem. The attention span of anyone who watches more than an hour of it a day, mindlessly letting themselves be subjected to commercials and other sick propaganda, you could never get that through to them since it scares them so much. YOUR BRAIN IS FUCKING ROTTING!
No, I don't think food stamp fraud is that big of a deal. Besides, the government spends more on a military hardly used. Until, of course, we destabilize the Arab world to the point where the boys who got kicked out of mommy and daddy's house have to go save them from big evil Muslim dictators.
The federal government spends in excess of $1.2 trillion on a variety of welfare programs spread over 6 federal cabinet level departments. The states in total spend a comparable amount to supplement the federal programs. Fraud in all of these programs is rampant probably exceeding 50% of the money thrown at it. The constitution does not authorize the federal government to spend one cent on welfare. On the other hand the constitution mandates the federal government to spend money on the military. If we could get the Supreme Court to finally declare it is unconstitutional to take money from one person at the threat of violence and give it to another who did nothing to earn it, then and only then will fraud in welfare be no big deal.
ReplyDelete68 billion of 3.5 trillion...
ReplyDeleteThe actual spending on "welfare" is intentionally difficult to track down as it is spread over numerous federal department level budgets. Here is a partial list:SNAP (food stamps) $68 billion
ReplyDeleteWIC $7 billion
School lunch $16 billion
Administration for Children and Families $59 billion
Medicaid $300 billion
TANF $35.7 billion
CHIP $27.3 billion
Indian health services $15.4 billion
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services $4.5 billion
Prevention and wellness $804 million
Child care $3.7 billion
Social services block grants $1.8 billion
Child support enforcement $4.3 billion
Foster care & adoption assistance $7.5 billion
Childrens health insurance program $10.5 billion
Head start $8.3 billion
Maternal and child health $904 million
HIV/AIDS $2.33billion
Substance abuse and mental health $3.67 billion
Health care fraud and abuse control $1.73 billion
Refuge programs $878 million
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program $5.3 billion
Tenant based rental assistance $19.55 billion
Project based rental assistance $9.4 billion
Section 202 housing $825 million
Section 811 housing $300 million
Community development funding $4.4 billion
Other housing programs $30 billion
This is just the tip of the iceberg and doesn't include the states share of welfare which is usually about 50%.