[Gaffer]

For much of them, SNAP is a freebie bennie. Only good as long as it doesn’t require any work. It saves cash for wine, beer, smokes and lottos.

[maddog55]

Off the books or under the table jobs and double dippers are rampant everywhere.

Nice to see LePages’ program working. This should be a national requirement but if that happened then Dems would lose a lot of votes.

[SkyPilot]

They even purchase cases of water in states that have a return bottle fee, dump out the fresh spring water, and take the bottle refunds to buy cans of Malt Liquor. Moreover, we are the only nation in the history of humanity to have Obese poor people.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Carthego delenda est]

Could probably see many more people leave the food stamp program if drug testing became mandatory in order to receive benefits, and to avoid appearing cold hearted, a person could still receive benefits if they enrolled in a drug/alcohol treatment program, but it would have the same effect as being told to look for a job. They’d probably bail out on the food stamps rather than give up drugs or seek help. I suspect that most of those who refused to look for a job or do the six hours of community service are also substance abusers.

[9YearLurker]

And once they become 50 they don’t count any more?

How about the ABAWDS from 50-65?

[LambSlave]

As I showed in a previous post, they ALL WENT ON FEDERAL DISABILITY INSTEAD. None of them went back to work, or moved. If anyone believes these intergenerational leeches actually go back to work you are dreaming. You have to cut off the full spigot, or they will just find another bennies program, with the full assistance of an army of social workers.

[ghosthost]

work to get taxpayer paid food stamps. ? there shouldn’t even stood stamps your family should take care of you, not your allow citizens. Build a wall, deport, end food stamps and other programs and I mea. all of them. I take care of myself and my family and I expect the same fromeveryone else.

[Gay State Conservative]

What happened?

Let me guess...they became "un-childless" in short order.

[seeker7_dj]

So let me get this right.. I work to have my tax money go towards buying Democratic votes ~ and I’m a Republican. Whatta country!!

[JoeFromSidney]

Several years go I went through the Statistical Abstract of the United States and added up all the money going for means-tested income transfer programs. That is, you had to be poor to get the money, and you didn't have to do anything other than be poor to qualify for it. I divided the total by the number of people the Census said were below the poverty level. At that time, it came out to over $5000 for every man, woman and child in poverty. The number is certainly higher now.

Statistically, we've abolished poverty in the USA. The money, if it actually went to the poor, would put them in the middle class.

It's long past time to stop letting "the poor" be used as a weapon against the productive and enterprising. We've done more than our "fair share" toward raising the poor out of poverty.