The Agriculture Department, run by a favorite Obama hack, said Tuesday that it will stop providing benefits at the beginning of October if Congress does not pass legislation to keep government agencies open.
“If Congress does not act to avert a lapse in appropriations, then USDA will not have the funding necessary for SNAP benefits in October and will be forced to stop providing benefits within the first several days of October,” said Catherine Cochran, a spokeswoman for USDA. “Once that occurs, families won’t be able to use these benefits at grocery stores to buy the food their families need.”
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How many “Will Work For Food” (sign holders) people are really going to try to get a job? NONE…as they are used to free handouts.
I hope that I am not one of them who loses food stamp benefits. On my elderly income, I just about make ends meet, now. The cut backs made life a bit more difficult. I have to buy special foods because of medical problems. There is no way to stretch the dollar as it stands. I think the government intends to neglect the elderly and newborns.
If they went through the welfare and food stamp rolls, and cut out just a portion of the fraud, they would save billions. Let them do that during the government shut down THAT WILL BE DONE BY OBAMA HAVING HIS LITTLE TEMPER TANTRUM FOR NOT GETTING HIS WAY AS USUAL.
I think we need to go back to the commodities program. Go get your commodities each month and it’s done. No more store having to tell them what they can not buy.