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PRESIDENT TRUMP goes after food stamp fraud

NO! Truly needy starving people are not going to be kicked off this program. Of course, in America there aren't that many starving people here.

Here are the facts:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-agency-uncovers-one-largest-food-stamp-fraud-bribery-schemes

Trump agency uncovers 'one of the largest' food stamp fraud, bribery schemes

With the assistance of the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office, six individuals have been criminally charged with a bribe and fraud scheme that generated more than $66 million in unauthorized transactions under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps.
The defendants — Michael Kehoe, Mohamad Nawafleh, Omar Alrawashdeh, Gamal Obaid, Emad Alrawashdeh and Arlasa Davis — are accused of "conspiracy to steal government funds and to misappropriate U.S. Department of Agriculture benefits," according to a press release.\

Starting in 2019, the indictment states that Kehoe created a network that supplied 160 unauthorized electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to stores across the New York area, to illegally process more than $30 million in EBT transactions.

"This fraud was made possible when USDA employee Arlasa Davis betrayed the public trust by selling confidential government information to the very criminals she was supposed to catch. Their actions undermined a program that vulnerable New Yorkers depend on for basic nutrition," U.S. Attorney Perry Carbone said in the media release.
"That is no longer going to be allowed here in Washington, and with these programs like the food stamp program. So we're going to move forward, obviously in partnership with the FBI, with the Department of Justice, of course our team at USDA. This is not the 'one and only,’" Rollins said. "There are going to be many more to come, and we're gonna make sure that we're delivering on our promises to the taxpayers."


Nobody who actually needs those food stamps will be cut off. But those who have defrauded the program have been arrested. They're going to prison, hopefully.
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DogMan · 61-69, M
Democrats love this kind of fraud, they feel like it helps the little people.
iamthe99 · M
@DogMan Yes, it actually helps people who are HUNGRY!
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iamthe99 · M
@DogMan Wow. You have drunk the KoolAid.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@iamthe99 Not me, too much sugar. Food stamp recipients should not be able to buy KoolAid either.

Only the mentally and physically disabled should be allowed lifetime welfare and food stamps.

If it were not for the physically and mentally capable living off the same system, the people that
deserve it, would do much better.
iamthe99 · M
@DogMan Then maybe the minimum wage should be increased so that the people working those jobs (and someone has to) can afford to live.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@iamthe99 I worked minimum wage when I was young. Maybe people should be told that those are not
the type jobs that support families.
iamthe99 · M
@DogMan

Maybe people should be told that those are not
the type jobs that support families.

Oddly enough, minimum wage jobs used to support families. They don't now.

So who should work these jobs then? Someone has to.
DogMan · 61-69, M
@iamthe99 No, sorry, minimum wage jobs never supported families. Those jobs are for people just starting out,
or people just trying to earn a little extra for the family
iamthe99 · M
@DogMan Sorry, but you're wrong.

https://www.epi.org/publication/minimum-wage-workers-poverty-anymore-raising/