That much spent on food stamps?

[mystery-ak]

October 29, 2025
That much spent on food stamps?
By Silvio Canto, Jr.

Put me down as someone who had no idea that "food stamps" had so many participants. And we can thank this latest "shutdown" for that. This is from Mike LaChance:

    One aspect of the government shutdown that probably wasn’t anticipated by Chuck Schumer and other Democrats, is that it has revealed to the public just how many people receive food stamps.

    Years ago, when the program was still called ‘food stamps’ it was seen as something that struggling families might use temporarily to get through a hard time. Then it was re-branded as the ‘SNAP’ program and destigmatized. People were encouraged to enroll. Now there are many more people using the program, many who probably don’t even really need it.

    The longer the shutdown goes on, the more reports there are about this and it’s stunning to taxpayers who did not realize until now how incredibly huge this is.

Lots of "food stamping" going on out there. Do you believe 42 million using food stamps every week? Apparently, the majority of illegal aliens are using the food stamps.

Here is the irony. People who come here legally have to prove that they won't be a financial burden in the U.S. Of course, people who are illegally don't have to meet that standard and some states "expanded" the program to be compassionate. Compassionate at the expense of whom?

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[Kamaji]

The amount of fraud that goes on with programs like SNAP is astounding.  There’s a new program about criminals who got caught telling their stories, and there was one guy talking about his EBT fraud ring, where he created about 200 fake EBT accounts and was getting the SNAP benefits on the debit cards which he would then sell to a merchant who would slowly swipe in all the benefits and use them.   Based on that, I would imagine that easily half of the SNAP beneficiaries are fraudulent.

[berdie]

Even in my lifetime, at one time being on food stamps or receiving Federal assistance caused a family to be shamed. No longer.

In the 60's, at one time my single mom applied for food stamps. Response..."sorry lady but you have a job, request denied." No matter that the job paid dirt wages.

So she got a second job and we ate beans and cornbread...which I still love.