From the Bangor Daily News, with my emphasis in bold. Who said we were failing our population when it comes to math skills?
The Bangor couple, a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old female who turned 18 on Sunday, told the investigating officer that they had purchased two cases of water with funding provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program.
“They openly said they were dumping water” for the value of the returnables, Sgt. Paul Edwards said Monday. “They said they didn’t think there was anything wrong with that.”
The bottled water cost around $6 and the duo got $2.40 back in cash from the redeemed bottles.
I don’t deny there’s waste, fraud and abuse in the program. Human nature being what it is, some people just aren’t grateful. I don’t like them.