tommyf wrote:
What an absolute disrespectful, idiotic, insensitive and downright ignorant post. Not funny, not intellectual, not intropestive, not true but downright degrading to those who are down on their luck. Philosophical garbage like your post only proves that you feel that you are just a part of "the elite". Bully for you that....."Hey, you're cool....no worries....just keep on truckin". Ignorant post.......Tommy
The food stamp program was setup to aid citizens that were too poor to provide nutritious food for themselves and their families. Over the years it has degenerated to the point that a significant majority of the programs users are simply taking advantage of the free giveaways to score extra income. There is no one in or out of the government that systematically reviews or checks if there is any valid reason for a given recipient to be given the benefit once it has been conferred on a recipient. Stores do not adhere to restrictions on what can be purchased with the benefit, and there is a thriving market for the recipients to sell their benefit at discount for cash. The system is broken and is symptomatic of the condition of the entire welfare system. It is illogical that the richest country in the world is populated by 50%+ of its citizens that can't afford to feed themselves. There is a similar corruption of the Disability benefit program. A huge number of the claimants are awarded benefits for phoney disability's but seldom is there any followup to catch the cheaters. Cleaning up these corrupt programs would provide the much needed funds to update and maintain our country's infrastructure which is literally falling apart.