[I_Like_Spam]

I’m not sure if it was the legislature or the executive branch, but the financial rules for receiving food stamps have been relaxed considerably in the past year or so.

The financial asset rules have been eliminated. Until last year, someone couldn’t receive if they had more than $2000 in bank accounts. Now, there is no limit. $1 million in a brokerage account? no problem if your income is low enough.

If you relax the rules significantly, you got to expect more recipients.

[Achilles Heel]

I think in CA the bank savings or money mkt whatever has to be under 3,000 dollars. Some of the minorities use lock boxes to get around this. Even if they work , and make under a certain amt, and show no savings over 3K, they can get the food stamp card.

[fightinJAG]

I hadn’t heard that!