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The hunger scam October 14, 2022
Bob Kingsley
America’s poor don’t have a hunger problem, they have a nutrition problem. “Food insecurity” is a myth. The federal government doles out food vouchers like they were candy and in many cases that is exactly what they turn out to be.
Is It Time to Lick the Food Stamp Program? October 30, 2018
Chris Talgo
Instead of increasing government handouts and putting more Americans on the dole, the Trump administration has taken the opposite approach: increasing jobs and putting more Americans back to work.
Massive food stamp fraud uncovered March 15, 2018
Thomas Lifson
Endemic fraud is one major reason why President Trump's proposal to move toward food boxes makes great sense, despite the ridicule and specious criticism it elicited.
Food stamp fraud and the opioid epidemic: More reasons to go to food boxes February 16, 2018
Monica Showalter
Given the light penalties food stamp fraudsters get, bank robbery is for chumps.
Food boxes instead of food stamps? Welcome to socialism. February 15, 2018
Monica Showalter
Beggars can't be choosers. President Trump's team has just presented a "teachable moment" about the reality of socialism in its food stamp proposal.
Trump targets food stamps May 27, 2017
Thomas Lifson
How Trump’s budget can save hundreds of billions of dollars and make a better America.
SNAP is not an entitlement January 16, 2017
Mike Ford
"Entitlement" comes from the word "title." Title is legal ownership you gain for something – a car, house, or perhaps a military or civilian pension – by virtue of having paid for it.
USDA study reveals what food stamps are really spent on January 15, 2017
Thomas Lifson
What your money is buying angers both liberals and conservatives
Stunning drop in food stamp rolls in 3 states that instituted work requirements August 2, 2016
Thomas Lifson
You almost might be tempted to wonder if there was a teeny bit of fraud going on.
Dem lawmaker who voted against welfare anti-fraud protections indicted for felony food stamp fraud June 28, 2016
Thomas Lifson
When Democrat Arizona state rep. Cecilia Velasquez voted against stronger anti-fraud tools for the Arizona Department of Economic Security last February, apparently she was protecting herself.
Give us your tired, your poor, your unassimilated masses yearning for a handout May 25, 2016
James Longstreet
In Michigan, food stamps are issued to Arab men and their wives. Thankfully, it is limited to four wives. (video)
Maine shows how to cut Food Stamp fraud February 9, 2016
Thomas Lifson
Tired of being ripped off by slackers?
What's a progressive food bully to do? April 5, 2015
Thomas Lifson
A Missouri state legislator has proposed a regulation that could make progressives’ heads explode
Food stamps and the vicious circle of unemployment June 19, 2014
Thomas Lifson
Paved with good intentions?
The other currency, Food Stamps April 5, 2014
James Longstreet
Just as subsidized college tuitions push up the price of college for those left out of the grant programs, food stamps certainly exert an upward pressure on food prices
Irony Abounds As Food Stamps Abound January 27, 2014
Warren Beatty
The Obama government said that tough economic times, aka the recession, ended in 2009. And yet...
The Facts on Food Stamps January 25, 2013
Warren Beatty
At best, ineffective, according to new studies. And, food stamp recipients have increased by an average of 11,133 per day under Obama.
Fraud at the Checkout Line October 19, 2012
Scott Mayer
The fraud and abuse in this system must surely be worse than imagined, as there are clearly people that don't really need this assistance who, under Obama's relaxed policies, are now able to enter this expanding program.