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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Food Stamp Trafficking
The Department of Agriculture has taken new steps to stop illegal trafficking in food stamps. A proposed rule would widen the definition of trafficking itself. It would ban food establishments from giving cash refunds for items purchased with food stamps. It's already illegal to trade food stamps directly for cash. USDA also wants the authority to immediately freeze payments to retailers it suspects of trafficking violations, instead of waiting for an investigation. Last year, USDA kicked 1,400 retailers out of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Why is it you can buy soda candy chips etc etc but you cant buy Toilet Paper isn't that more of a necessity than junk food?, The Whole program needs to be Revamped.
Tax SNAP.
You shouldn't be allowed to buy crabs with food stamps.
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