The Agriculture Department launches a fresh effort to
crack down on food stamp fraud. USDA is giving itself new powers to penalize retailers who traffic in food stamps. Now fraudsters can face both a fine and disqualification from the system. Plus, USDA will require states to use federal prison and death databases to insure only eligible people receive food stamps. In recent years, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has grown into an 80 billion line item. Forty six million people receive SNAP benefits. Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon says fraud now runs at less than 1 percent.
ANYTIME a government official claims a fraud rate of 1%, its a good bet HE is in on the take....food stamp fraud at ONE PERCENT!!? Does he read any national newspapers or is that the official obama "stay on message" propaganda we are to be fed? 1%?? How could he say that with a straight face?
ReplyDeleteFraud less than 1% is Kevin Concannon smoking crack ?
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