USDA Study Reveals What Food Stamps Are Really Spent On (10% of Budget on Soft Drinks alone!)

The American Thinker ^ | Jan 15 2017 | Thomas Lifson

[Fungi]

II thess. 3:10: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you: that if any would not work, neither should he eat. KJV

[lacrew]

Here’s the scam:

Alot of the soft drinks are resold to two bit gas stations in the hood. Converts SNAP to cash, and the gas station owners pay less to stock their shelves....and ghost inventory probably helps at the end of the month when they shield cash transactions from the tax man.

[patro]

“Refugees” receive food stamps too, right? Gotta get your Halal meats!!!

[TexasGator]

Last year’s news recycled by mom and posted already here.

[TexasGator]

MSM

[TexasGator]

MSM

[chiller]

I'm torn; people should drink whatever they want but that usually applies if its your own money. It's senseless to waste dollars, paying people to drink sugar. I'd make it illegal. If you need some caffeine, get some tea bags.

If they don't like it, it might encourage them to get a job. Tough love.

[central_va]

[drewh]

you read my mind! gotta be a scam no one drinks that much soda pop..

[redfreedom]

How things have changed since I was a kid. We grew up poor, and a soft drink was a treat, like maybe once a month. But we ate good and had clothing and other necessities. Real poor people were skinny with ragged clothes.

Today? Poor are fat, good clothes, toys, drugs, booze, etc. These jackals need to be made to work for their welfare goodies.

[TigerClaws]

There’s footage of arabs loading up on drinks to resell at their store.

A good percentage of food stamps are sold for cash to buy drugs.

[TexasGator]

I am not torn.

[SaxxonWoods]

So easy to fix, hope Trump does.

[lacrew]

http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/eric-scheiner/

[Grimmy]

A substantial portion of ‘food stamps’ are traded at less than .50 on the dollar for cash at stores that specialize in the trade.

[hoosierham]

If you buy soft drinks at convenience stores the price is often MUCH higher than at Kroger’s ,Meier,KMart or the dollar store.

Nor is it unusual for some to drink a two litre each day.That can easily be $70 monthly !

Food stamps,like ethanol fuel,is a program that benefits the supplier more than the recipient.

[Concentrate]

The “Debt Food Stamps” line looks doctored, to be frank.

I don’t believe you can buy pop in NY with SNAP, AFAIK.

[steve86]

“If they don’t like it, it might encourage them to get a job.”

The overwhelming majority of SNAP recipients (adults) are already employed, sometimes with multiple part-time jobs.

[sheana]

Way back when you couldn’t buy junk food or prepared food with food stamps. Now you can.