Posted on 01/13/2010 6:26:24 AM PST by cbkaty
AUSTIN — Texas has the worst performing food stamp program in the nation, the federal director for food assistance told state officials here Tuesday.
It ranks last among the 50 states and U.S. territories in processing food stamp applications and also does a poor job getting eligible low-income people to apply, said Kevin Concannon, a U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary, in an earlier meeting with reporters.
And because Texas does not even come close to the national average in enrolling those eligible, grocery retailers like H-E-B and Randalls are missing out on nearly $1 billion a year in food sales, he said.
“If I were a native son sitting down here, I would be very upset that my state was not the leader that it is capable of being,” Concannon said.
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Fellow Texans, my solution is simple:
I would offer a free bus ride and a $2000 cash card upon arrival in California, Wash. DC, or any other liberal sewer, to any current Texas welfare recipient, conditional upon them remaining at the destination. Failure to comply and returning to Texas without proof of income or financial support would result in the issuance of a felony warrant.
Do ya think there is any fraud in the program? Lottery tickets, booze, and drugs come to mind....Just wondering....
May I refine your most excellent idea?
I would offer a free bus ride and a $2000 cash card upon arrival in California, Wash. DC, or any other liberal sewer, to any current Texas welfare recipient liberal/socialist/communist, conditional upon them remaining at the destination.
That should solve the biggest problem....
I agree, but if the State could convince them to buy bulk surplus item, it would probably be to their benefit, and my teach them that it’s a good idea.
/yeah, I know. fat chance.
Tah was before modern farming and today's communication not to mention the futures markets.
Most farmers sell their crops long before they are harvested. What is in place now, it simply a grandfathered political program...
Government cheese is given away not sold for food stamps.
So Texas does a lousy job helping illegals and layabouts defraud American taxpayers! Gee whiz, what a SHAME! I know! Lets send a few Navy vessels to Haiti and have them pick up a few hundred thousand new “applicants!” Even better, they can transport back a hundred thousand dead to vote for Coakley next week!
What’s the food stamp queeen supposed to do, back the Escalade up to the corn silo and have them dump 500 lbs or so into the back??
Census income is not the only qualifying factor
Some years back there was a thread on Food Stamp abuse and someone posted about what they saw at a grocery store that infuriated her - as it would any of us. The lady was behind a Food Stamp recipient who tried to buy some cans of cat food. The clerk said they weren't covered, so the recipient went back and got a package of shrimp. The lady mentioned that the recipient's cat was eating better than her as she couldn't afford that item.
Thanks for the correction. :-)
The bad thing about SS is that it was put into the general fund so it could be sucked out by every politician with a special-interest group to appease.
Because it is a welfare Ponzi scheme.
Holy sugar! Look at Food Stamp usage for the ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA!
Best solution ever. :)
The storage problem, very much true. When I was living in the city, I had a bottom half of a refrigerator. That was all.
How am I supposed to get stuff that will last, when all I have is a small room?
Spot on! I more I think about free lunches at school the angrier I get. It’s simply amazing to me that parents can’t pack a lunch for their children. I’m 66 and remember making my own baloney sandwiches, and if not baloney, potted meat. My mother made us make our own and I didn’t suffer any psychological trauma either. And please, no arguments about these morons being unable to become an Einstein without their free lunches. This is the most self-indulgent and sated generation in the history of mankind and Obama is President because he’s what we deserve. This isn’t surprising as the parasites now outnumber the hosts.
This is the chance of a lifetime for Republicans with a clean, clear economic message but so far we are mucking around in social issues. We are making it a chance of a lifetime for Democrats.
Florida has low wages and no concentrations of high-paying professions. Most of the affluent either moved from other parts of the states to retire or from other countries. It’s entire economy is based disproportionately on tourism, real estate, and agriculture. The state does well when folks from elsewhere decided to sell the family business and lay out the cabbage for houses/restaurants, etc, but at times like this it gets hammered (see also Florida in the 1970s).
Where did you find that information? I've never read that before. I know of some stores that have prices quite a bit lower than even WalMart and I would imagine that most of their customers are food stamp recipients. I don't see how they would possibly stay in business that way.
The Grand Canyon State had some major industries that the Government forced off the coast during and after WWII for defense reasons. It had some bases. It had the retirees, agriculture and mining and a little regional banking. And it had unlimited opportunities.
During the '80's we had a huge influx of bright young professionals from the inland colleges looking to establish themselves and make a life. Our own educational system was mediocre but these kids were a gold mine and we know it. Our Reaganite movement was a concerted effort to get the hell out of their way.
We, like Florida, outran ourselves on expansion. Even when we were in the middle of the boom a common joke was that "all Arizona growth was in growth" but we still have a solid base. Those bright young professionals are a little older now and rounder and a tad less aggressive but they are still a huge talent pool if we can keep our asses out of their way.
It concerns me somewhat that they ain't bitchin' as much as they were last time and are more fatalistic. I want them to stand up and start kicking butt.
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