snap - ACTION - Command Center2024-03-29T12:04:26Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/snapThey don’t call him the “Food Stamp President” for Nothinghttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/they-don-t-call-him-the-food-stamp-president-for-nothing2013-10-17T17:39:11.000Z2013-10-17T17:39:11.000ZAndrew Haglehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/AndrewHagle<div><p>Food Stamp Recruiters, Bingo, and Parties…. 2.2 Billion in erroneous payments…,Oh Snap!!! This has to stop.</p><p>How about making more jobs??!!</p><p>Please read and let me know what you think.</p><p>Andrew</p><p>Food stamps are the most inefficient, vastly expanding social welfare program in the country, according to a new study.</p><p>Forty-seven million people participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, and costs have increased over 358 percent since 2000.</p><p>The increase in recent years cannot be attributed to the economic recession, according to Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, but lax eligibility requirements and an aggressive campaign by governments to boost their rolls.</p><p>“This program has expanded rapidly over the last decade in a way that is not justified by the recession that we went through,” Tanner said.</p><p><a href="http://freebeacon.com/study-food-stamps-most-rapidly-growing-welfare-program/">http://freebeacon.com/study-food-stamps-most-rapidly-growing-welfar...</a></p></div>