According to a report on Yahoo Finance this week, enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has risen 70% in the past five years. We have shelled out a record $74.6 billion on the program in 2012. Apparently this is another success for the current administration. I’m not sure how the score is kept, but we keep hearing about all the people on food stamps as being a good thing.
The 47.7 million receiving benefits as of March of this year, exceeds the entire population of Spain, the sixth most populous country in the European Union. Now that something to be proud of.
Like any government mismanaged program there are loopholes. For example, those in the country illegally are not eligible, but their children under 18 are. And, if the child remains after 18, they may continue to participate. There are other rules that you can look up for yourself.
SNAP is just one program. How about those free cell phones? It’s enough to make one want to simply give up and get on the wagon. Of course, the wheels will eventually fall off the wagon, but by the time that happens, there will a program for new wheels or even air conditioned wagons.
As I have mentioned before, I coordinated energy programs with various government agencies and have been inside the homes of the recipients. Far too many live better than a lot of working people.
If you don’t see anything wrong with this picture, then don’t give it a second thought. That way you will be like the people that complain and do nothing.
I’m working on the air conditioned wagon idea.
PMO
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