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The Obama administration is actually pushing for more food stamp usage thru an aggressive advertising campaign and rewarding states with bonuses if they increase usage. Oregon got $5 million.

In its quest to promote taxpayer-funded entitlement programs, the Obama Administration has actually rewarded one state with a $5 million bonus for its efficiency in adding food-stamp recipients to already bulging rolls. It’s part of the administration’s campaign to eradicate “food insecure households” by improving access and increasing participation in the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Incidentally, the program was recently changed to SNAP to eliminate the stigma that comes with a name like food stamps.

Just a few months ago the federal agency that administers the program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), launched a multi-million-dollar initiative to recruit more food-stamp participants even though the number of recipients has skyrocketed in the last few years.This week Oregon officials bragged that the USDA has given the state $5 million in “performance bonuses” for ensuring that people eligible for food benefits receive them and for its “swift processing of applications.” The money comes on the heels of a separate $1.5 million award from the feds for making “accurate payments of food stamp benefits to clients.” So welfare recipients are clients? .It marks the fifth consecutive year that Oregon has been “recognized” by the federal government for “exceptional administration” of the entitlement program, according to the announcement posted on the state’s Department of Human Services web site.

Speaking of Oregon, we filed our 4 petitions to bring Light Rail to a vote of the cities it will go through. The Portland mayor was bragging he will be bringing suitcases of money back from DC since we are the model they want to copy.

Our petitions just derailed that model.

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Absolutely no one can deny that Zero is the FOOD STAMP President. All they can do is make excuses and blame someone else, usually starting with GWB.

Has anyone with a bio suit been over at DU or KOS to see if their heads are exploding what with Cheney and his new heart? My local paper had an article about it and reached a conclusion that only those under 65 should get transplanted hearts.

Illinois Congressmen have been pushing Food Stamps hard since 2008. Jan Schakowsky had advertisements on TV pushing the food stamps credit card in 2008. I called her office and complained about that. Now I call and tell them them that I don’t want free contraceptives but I do want free gas. That shuts them up. It also makes my liberal friends stop and think.