I was shocked to hear that there are 42 million people in America receiving food stamps. That’s more than 10 percent of the population, which sounds like a lot of people. In other words, 1 in 10, or 10 in every 100 people! Of all the people I know, not a single person is on food stamps. So there must be entire communities where it is just the opposite and everyone is receiving food stamps. I’m sure there’s real need out there, but 10% of the population? How can this be real?


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last commentI’ll say this. SNAP benefits are not a lot and those relying on them are on very tight budgets. Most people eligible also have kids. We have a lot of poor people in this country.
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We also have a lot of fraud and waste in the welfare programs. We should not be subsidizing people who cannot afford to have children. And have you seen what the people using SNAP buy with SNAP? They are not buying frozen chicken breasts and broccoli. Their dietary habits as are ignorant and lazy as the rest of their life.
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2 out of 3 federal dollars spent on welfare go to administration. Just like any other scam.
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At my company, we have women, in jobs paying well over $30 an hour, who take a lot of bogus unpaid medical leave every year so they stay under the earning threshold to retain their SNAP benefits. They could make more than enough money to afford food if they came to work, but they’d rather scam the system, come to work less, and keep their company medical benefits. You’re paying for their SNAP benefits so these bums can blow off work. We fire a lot of them but it’s hard when they have a doctor who cooperates in the scam.
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