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Posted on 05/02/2026 5:00:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber
From millionaires to overseas foreigners, from NFL players to luxury car owners, our money is going to everyone but us.
ou’d think that the recent find of 34,000 deceased North Carolinians still registered to vote would be bad enough, but Epoch Times reported 5,000 deceased people are also receiving SNAP benefits. This sounds like the plot of a B-rate horror movie: “Night of the Voting/Eating Dead.”
SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program providing benefits to people, like food stamps. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins stated that SNAP is one of the “most corrupt, dysfunctional programs” in U.S. history, with 80% of the people using the program being able to work. Rollins stated that 5,000 dead people were getting SNAP, while another 500,000 people were double-dipping the SNAP program, getting twice the benefits under the same name. Rollins stated that there is “massive fraud,” which has only been found in the states that have cooperated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—21 states refuse to hand over SNAP data. All but 2 of the 29 states working to rout out the fraud are Republican states. Democrat-states are suing the USDA, saying they do not have to share this data. Well, should these noncooperative states continue to receive this benefit? Not cooperating with solving a crime, isn’t that aiding and abetting criminal activity?
Recent data show that it’s not just 5,000 deceased people receiving SNAP benefits, but in Republican-states alone, that number totals 244,000. In the last year alone, 895 people were arrested for illegal food stamp use.
In addition, recent data show that in one state alone, 14,000 food stamp recipients are driving luxury cars. Rollins stated, “if this is happening in a red state, can you imagine what’s happening in the blue states?”
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The left seems to like fraud because they are defrauding you.
There is no excuse for undetected fraud. When one dies, the funeral home notifies Social Security immediately. The notification could also be sent to all government programs with one click.
I’m not one of them. I feel like I’m being gypped.
Snap has been Cloward Priven ‘ed.
And it piles on...
Amazon gives you half price on prime if you get snap.
Where else is this fraud rewarded?
Seniors alone get no break from amazon
Actually at this point I might support just ending ALL federal aid programs and simply give everyone $20,000 a year instead.
It might save us trillions.
Should have to apply every year or after you do your taxes to see if you’re eligible
Earlier this week I was grocery shopping, and at self check out, another woman started ringing her stuff up. She was talking pretty loudly. So at one point I turned to look at her, and she looked at me, and “I can’t believe they’re making me use my own money to pay for all this stuff!”
So I guess DOGE must’ve rooted her out or something. Or maybe her SNAP stopped including junk food.
Either way, I’ve always paid for my own groceries, every bit. Welcome to the real world, honey!
If one thinks about it there is no incentive for bureaucrats who oversee these programs to administer them responsibly. The bigger the demands for the benefits means bigger budgets, increase in personnel, more opportunities for advancement, fraudulent benefits for themselves with virtually no negative consequences. Is it any wonder things have gotten as bad as they are?
SNAP was never intended to help people who need it.
It was designed to subsidize Walmart, Target and the major grocery store chains.
That’s why nobody cared about all the waste, fraud and abuse.
No excuse, but there are reasons.
Not legitimate reasons, of course, but that’s why they call it fraud.
Can’t know they’re dead if you don’t ever look to find out.
**When one dies, the funeral home notifies Social Security immediately. The notification could also be sent to all government programs with one click.**
Send a volunteer or employee to the funeral to help verify the details.
I think the grocery store chains encourage the government to have programs like SNAPper.
Immigrants once came here to work. Now they show up with their hand out, and have the intention of remaining that way forever. Get housing, cell phone, and EBT card all just for showing up and voting democrat.
Typical government work.
If it’s a government program, it’s rife with fraud and mismanagement.
Count on it.
For those reasons alone, most, if not all, government programs should be completely abolished.
Anyone who works is being played, we are paying for this and it’s on purpose. The rich don’t care, keeps the ferals from stealing from them, of course the parasites are happy, but the middle, working class continues to pay.
“It was designed to subsidize Walmart, Target and the major grocery store chains.”
It started in the early 60s. I believe it was designed to pay black people to not riot.
“The modern version of the food stamp program was created in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy, who launched pilot programs shortly after taking office. These pilots became permanent nationwide legislation with the passage of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 under President Lyndon B. Johnson.”
Food Stamps is “broken” because it is an absolutely massive government spending program. Any massive spending program is going to have fraud in it. Obama expanded it so that middle class people would be eligible for Food Stamps and Trump never really cut that back. Obama’s goal was to get the middle class hooked on government handouts and it worked. The way to “fix” Food Stamps (assuming we aren’t getting rid of it) would be to get back to the point where only the truly poor were eligible and then only on temporary basis unless they were elderly or disabled.
“give everyone $20,000 a year instead”
Needs vary over time.
NOTE: This is information only about what is done in England and is not a recommendation of mine:
You may be able to get Universal Credit if you’re on a low income or need help with your living costs.
To claim you must:
live in the UK
be aged 18 or over (there are some exceptions if you’re 16 to 17)
be under State Pension age
have £16,000 or less in money, savings and investments
....
https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/eligibility
You’ll get one standard allowance for your household.
Monthly standard allowance
If you’re single and under 25 £338.58
If you’re single and 25 or over £424.90
If you live with your partner and you’re both under 25 £528.34 (for you both)
If you live with your partner and either of you are 25 or over £666.97 (for you both)
If you have children
You’ll get £303.94 a month for each child that lives with you.
If your first child was born before 6 April 2017, you’ll get an extra £47.94 a month for that child.
You get money for each child until the 31 August after their:
16th birthday
19th birthday, if they’re in eligible education or training – for example, they’re studying for GCSEs, A levels, BTECs, Scottish Highers and SVQs or NVQs up to level 3
You might get an extra monthly amount if any of your children are disabled.
You’ll either get:
£164.79 - the lower amount
£514.71 - the higher amount
The higher amount is for a child who:
gets the highest rate of the care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children
gets the higher rate of the daily living part of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
is blind or severely sight impaired
Childcare costs
You can claim back up to 85% of your childcare costs if you’re working. If you live with your partner both of you need to be working, unless one of you is unable to work due to a disability or health condition.
The childcare needs to be from a registered provider. You can get help paying for childcare including nurseries, childminders, breakfast clubs, after school care and holiday clubs.
The most you can get each month is:
£1,071.09 for one child
£1,836.16 for 2 or more children
You need to pay your childcare costs up front and claim the money back as part of your payment. You can get support to help you pay your childcare costs up front. Talk to your work coach after you’ve made your claim.
If you have a disability or health condition
You might get an extra monthly amount if you cannot work because of a health condition, disability or long-term illness.
If you have a severe health condition or disability that’s unlikely to change or you are nearing the end of your life £429.80
If your health condition or disability is assessed as less severe or your condition may improve over time £217.26
If you care for someone who gets a health or disability-related benefit
You could get an extra amount known as a ‘carer’s element’. This is added to your Universal Credit if you care for someone who gets one of the following benefits:
Adult Disability Payment – standard or enhanced award
Armed Forces Independence Payment
Attendance Allowance
Child Disability Payment – middle or highest care award
Constant Attendance Allowance - full day rate, intermediate rate or exceptional rate with Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
Constant Attendance Allowance - full day rate with a War Disablement Pension
Disability Living Allowance – middle or highest care rate
Personal Independence Payment – either rate of the daily living part
You need to provide care for them for at least 35 hours a week.
You’ll get an extra monthly amount of £209.34. If you live with your partner and you both care for the same person, you’ll only get one extra monthly amount.
You may also be eligible for Carer’s Allowance.
If you have over £6,000 in money, savings and investments, your payment will be reduced by £4.35 for every £250 you have between £6,000 and £16,000. Another £4.35 is taken off for any remaining amount that is not a complete £250.
https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit/what-youll-get
You could get £86.45 a week if you care for someone at least 35 hours a week and they get certain benefits.
You do not have to be related to, or live with, the person you care for.
You do not get paid extra if you care for more than one person.
If someone else also cares for the same person as you, only one of you can claim Carer’s Allowance.
https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance
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