Food stamp spending up 100 percent since Obama took office

[JBond]

More givaways....

The vast majority of federal spending in the Senate farm bill, which is estimated to cost over $100 billion annually, is going toward food stamps, representing a 100 percent increase since President Barack Obama took office, according to Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions.

“This legislation will spend $82 billion on food stamps next year, and an estimated $770 billion over the next ten years. To put these figures in perspective, we will spend $40 billion federal dollars next year on roads and bridges,” said Sessions, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee.

“Food stamp spending has more than quadrupled since the year 2001. It has increased 100 percent since President Obama took office,” he said.

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[Cajuncowboy]

I have said this before. I have no problem with the food stamp program or the welfare program as an entity. I have a massive problem with it when it is abused and people look at it as a way of life instead of a means to getting back on their feet.

[JBond]

They need to limit the type of purchases made with food stamps. It would cut way down on the fraud. I reported a day care lady we used for my son. She was stealing free lunches for her kids at school by not claiming her husbands income. They made over $120,000 combined. Pissed me off. The dumb bitch would not give me a receipt at tax time for the weeks I paid in cash, so I turned her in.

[Cajuncowboy]

They need to limit the type of purchases made with food stamps. It would cut way down on the fraud. I reported a day care lady we used for my son. She was stealing free lunches for her kids at school by not claiming her husbands income. They made over $120,000 combined. Pissed me off. The dumb bitch would not give me a receipt at tax time for the weeks I paid in cash, so I turned her in.

I think you can only buy food with the food stamps. You can't buy booze or tobacco or anything like that with them.

[trickblue]

What they do is sell them cheap... that's the scam here in Austin... they shop for you and pay with their Lone Star Card... say the bill was $100... they bring out the groceries then you give them $75 cash...

Also... with the free cell phone program, the recipients are now pushing for smart phones...