Posted on 03/31/2015 2:54:20 PM PDT by Kaslin
Budget legislation passed by Congress last week includes cuts to some welfare programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The cuts have already attracted backlash from left wing activist groups like the feminist group UltraViolet, which launched a campaign to petition Congress to restore the funding.
Overnight, the U.S. Senate voted for a budget that literally takes food away from hungry children, UltraViolets campaign pleads. The budgets that have now passed both the House and Senate make deep, painful cuts to the food stamps program.
TurningPoint USA responded with a little digging. Heres what they found:
After a brief search on Twitter and Instagram, Turning Point USA uncovered more than one hundred documented examples of welfare recipients abusing, mocking, and making light of welfare programs. Ripe with abuse, Twitter users attempt to sell food stamps, trade the stamps for weed, and purchase expensive food items.
Several of the social media posts use the hashtags #EBT, #EBTgang, #EBTcard, #EBTsquad, and #TeamEBT many of which depict a culture of glorifying the use of Electronic Benefit Transfers (EBTs.)
A few examples of the Instagram posts from TurningPoints investigation:
The rest can be found here.
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Thank you Sky
Pls call your local Catholic church. Many have food pantries through the St Vincent de Paul Society and may be able to assist with utilities as well. You’re in my prayers.
I went to Salvation Army for utility help but I was declined so I said forget it. Now I’m going to try with HEAP. I guess I was declined because my brother helps me with the rent, car and car insurance and extra whatever he can give me. I went to a housing assistance run by the Catholic because I need help in rent for only 1 time. I was decline but they referred me to a county office. They help rent only 1 time for Families and Individual. I was also declined because they stated they only have funds for Families Only NOT Individuals - sigh. So far folks, I’m still here - Thank God.
That is because people also get their cash (welfare) benefits on the same card as their food stamps.
Of course this doesn’t mean dishonest businesses don’t use the food stamp money for non-food items.
Since then I always do two transactions so I don’t have to worry. That and if I am using my debit card ( rarely have more than $20 in my account) I don’t use the wrong card first and overdraw my account.
There's no bureaucracy involved - no agency, no departments, just regular people. Typically there's a deacon at the head of it for the parish. PLEASE call - it can't hurt, and it doesn't appear that you've actually contacted 'us' from what you say.
When one's down on one's luck, it can be daunting to go back and forth to get help.
ok thank you very much I’ll look into it. Your right where I went for help pertain to my county government.
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