Posted on 08/25/2011 4:48:09 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
BANGOR, Maine — A local woman saw a young couple opening water bottles and dumping out the contents in front of Shaw’s grocery store on Saturday and pulled out her iPhone and videoed the two brazenly committing the common food stamp scam.
She then went into the store at around 1:30 p.m. to report what she saw and police were called to investigate the fraud.
The Bangor couple, a 23-year-old man and a 17-year-old female who turned 18 on Sunday, told the investigating officer that they had purchased two cases of water with funding provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program.
(Excerpt) Read more at bangordailynews.com ...
I suspect one of the main reasons for the food stamp welfare program is to keep the masses from overwhelming the food banks and standing in soup lines that stretch for blocks. Reality starts to sink in when people see pictures of soup lines in their hometown newspaper, and when their community’s food bank can’t meet the need.
Food stamps (aka “dignity” cards, in newspeak) and unemployment checks tend to make even those who’re hurting badly in this depression think things aren’t really so bad. They go grocery shopping with everyone else, pay their bills with the same money as everyone else. They’re just on a tighter budget lately.
Whereas if they had to stand in long lines just to accept charity from others, if they had to show up every day at mealtime just to eat, if they had to get to the food bank early before all the food was gone, this illusion would quickly dissipate and everyone would understand what dire straits America is in.
I recently bought a system that will remove everything nasty from water. It doesn’t require any power input, just dump water in the top and drink out of the bottom. It’s a bit pricey, but there are cheaper versions of it, and you can even make your own out of 5 gallon buckets using their filters.
Bottled water is also pricey. And let’s not forget rainwater (ie, “nature distilled”) catchment systems either. (http://www.rainsaucers.com)
Some petroleum distillates take a long time to remove ~ I avoid those and stick to mostly plain rainwater in tire tracks in the mud. Talk about a taste to die for!
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