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“Just the News reported” Agriculture Deputy Secy Steven Vaden indicated his agency
<><>is engaged in data collection wrt SNAP in several states
<><>they want to see where tax dollars for the program are going.
<><>So far, they’ve uncovered massive fraud.
<><>one individual getting SNAP in six separate states.
<><>Another had over $50,000 tax dollars loaded onto their electronic benefits card.
<><>EBT cards work like credit cards
<><>anyone getting government assistance has tax dollars rolled over to the following month.
Vaden: “Taxpayers have a right to know what is being done with their money”
<><>appropriations are currently more than $9 billion a month.
<><>the case of a $50,000 EBT card was clarified,
<><>only those who are truly needy are supposed to be benefiting from the program,
<><>every tax dollar into a $15,000-plus EBT card means the truly needy go hungry
<><>SNAP fraud gets even worse
<><>recent comments by Secy of Agriculture Brooke Rollins indicate
<><>500,000-plus were found to be stealing SNAP benefits over and over,
<><>plus 5,000 dead people were receiving SNAP.
<><>These frauds were found only in the last few days.