While there may be some need to help a small portion of the people for finite periods, 48 million on food stamps is insane. Far too many have a nicer car than the average working stiff and have electronics that a lot of us won't waste our money on. There should be some checks going on before turning over our money to them - car newer than 6 years old/TV bigger than 30"/cable or anything other than an antenna/stereo that costs over $120/beer, soda, chips, cookies in the house, etc. - no aid.
If folks demonstrate they can afford the "niceties" they can afford to feed their families - it then becomes a choice.
That's me. I have no car, no tv, use my landlady's internet and a little laptop from my school (I'm a teacher) and that is IT. My cellphone is an old-school snap-shut model from several years ago. But a huge chunk of my pay disappears every month into the tax hole to keep people like this living more comfortably than I am. (I live in Los Angeles.) My rent is exhorbitant because, being a woman alone, I choose to live as far from the recipients of these programs as possible, for my own safety, and ... well it just doesn't seem quite right to me. And yes, I resent it more every year.