Socialism Stealing from Americans
By Bill Muckler | TLB Contributing Author
USDA prioritizes work for food stamp qualifiers in farm bill proposal: The four-page document released Wednesday by the USDA lists the priorities in bullets and calls for supporting “work as the pathway to self-sufficiency, well-being, and economic mobility for individuals and families” who receive the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, usually referred to as food stamps. (Photo Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images )
SNAP alleviates hunger and malnutrition in low-income households:
those who choose to participate in food assistance programs generally have greater difficulty meeting their food needs and tend to be more food insecure compared to others that are eligible for programs but do not participate.
These programs are not making a sizable impact on hunger in America.
The Government Accountability Office reports:
the amount of SNAP benefits paid in error is substantial, totaling about $2.2 billion in 2009.
Other food programs are worse. The misuse of food stamp money by retailers and consumers is costing taxpayers billions to investigate.
The USDA Agricultural Ambassador Program is a partnership among the Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO), Hispanic-Service Institutions National Program (HSINP), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and participating HSI College or University to provide high school students with an opportunity to intern with USDA for five weeks (20 hours per week) over the summer.
The USDA has conducted a massive campaign to increase the number of food stamp recipients, even hiring recruiters who must fulfill enrollment quotas. The USDA in its “Community Partner Outreach Toolkit” webpage gives ideas of how to spread awareness and increase enrollment.
SNAP-based bingo games are for the elderly, food-stamp parties, and fliers that that read,
Be a patriot. Bring your food stamp money home.
America and Mexico began a partnership in 2004 to “provide information on eligibility criteria for Food and Nutrition Service programs,” including distributing a Spanish language flyer that tells undocumented immigrants,
You need not divulge information regarding your immigration status in seeking this benefit [food stamps] for your children.
One-third of Puerto Ricans are on food stamps, costing U.S. taxpayers more than $2 billion annually. SNAP has become more about numbers, less about need.
Bureaucrats Create Dependency
The goal of welfare programs should be to get people back on their feet. SNAP does just the opposite. It encourages the relatively well off to freeload off the system and for those in need to remain in poverty.
A Burden on Taxpayers : Over-active advertising and loosening of eligibility requirements have permanently enlarged food stamp programs. The CBO projected that by 2022, 34 million people will be enrolled in SNAP and expenditures will total $73 billion. They were wrong as usual. Today there are more than 50 million stealing more than $100 billion.
SNAP Should Be Handled by States: SNAP’s funding comes completely from the federal government, encouraging states to enroll as many people as possible. States see no problem if food stamps are being abused because it is not their money. The states save money which leads to increasing costs. This is socialism: stealing from one group to give to another group.
We are slowly and unknowingly becoming a socialistic country. We have become so weak that we are willing to accept this as the “New Normal.”
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