Something so notorious and lucrative went unnoticed so long. It’s like nobody even cared. 13 million, 22 people, this is over 500 grand a person.
Yep, I find it very difficult to believe the government would allow flea market vendors to accept food stamps in the first place. I wonder if the government overseers were investigated?
At the local fish market there is always a pimped out Range Rover in front of the raw oyster guy, paying with food stamps (cards) for incredible amounts of expensive food.
Was behind one of these guys in line once (a 1/2 pound of shrimp for my family...)
Something like a $400 bill for him, than back in the Range Rover
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM...
And they drive away.
Couldn’t afford oysters in those days.
I was briefly on SNAP, when no longer needed, I attempted to cancel and return balance... [just stop using the card, it doesn’t cancel or zero out until after xx months]
... and then I asked how to repay what I received...
To their credit, they DID look to see if there was a procedure, nothing was found. (make a voluntary contribution to tax at filing).
I decided to give to local food bank, figured that there would be less overhead/loss. (?)
[bottom line, no provision to repay taxpayers]