Thursday, February 16, 2012
"I Got Food Stamps and So Can You!"
Food stamps are in the news a lot lately.
They do serve a purpose, but, like many government welfare programs, they are wide open to abuse...
They do serve a purpose, but, like many government welfare programs, they are wide open to abuse...
At theCollegeConservative.com, Sydney Phillips writes about her experience in that system:
"My recent excursion into the welfare system has left me scratching my head. Prior to writing and researching this project, my only impression of food stamps and similar welfare programs was that the credit only worked for certain items at certain stores and that an individual had to be in a particularly dire financial situation to receive such aid. I was wrong.
An EBT card works and looks like a debit card, but instead of the user withdrawing money from a checking account, the government prepays an amount of money it deems necessary for the user’s food expenditures."
