BY JOHN FEEHERY
Reprinted from TheFeeheryTheory.com
Teach a man to fish. That’s the biblical admonition.
The Food Stamp program doesn’t do much of that, and that’s probably why we need to rethink our whole social safety net.
House Republicans voted to pass legislation that would save taxpayers about 40 billion dollars of spending on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
That’s a big number, and I’m pretty certain that it won’t become law. Continue reading
BY JOHN FEEHERY
Reprinted from thefeeherytheory.com
The Electronic Benefits Transfer Card is the identification card for the SNAP/Food Stamps program. It works like a credit card with a magnetic strip on the back that slides through a machine at a grocery store and some restaurants (including some fast food places).
Meant as a way to help reform the Food Stamp system in 2004, the EBT card is used in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia. It has not been without some controversy.
In the State of Pennsylvania, for example, Democratic State Auditor Jack Wagner found wide-ranging fraud in the system, including one example where one EBT card holder withdrew close to $150,000 in $1,500 increments in one day. Who knows what he (or she) did with the money. Continue reading