Dead people receiving SNAP
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Jamie Gardner
According to a report by Epoch Times and Associated Press, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins reported last week that the department has discovered there are 5,000 deceased people who have been receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. In addition, the secretary stated that there are 500,000 people who are registered twice for SNAP.
In an interview on Nov. 12, Rollins said that SNAP is one of the “most corrupt, dysfunctional programs” in U.S. history, adding that 80 percent of people using the program are able to work. “They choose not to work” because taxpayers are footing the bill, she added, saying that “very big announcements” will be coming in the next week.
There was a lot of legal wrangling during the recent shutdown regarding SNAP, but that ended last Wednesday when the shutdown ended.
Earlier in the month, as SNAP benefits were suspended, Rollins described “massive fraud” in the system, noting that the fraud was discovered only in states that had cooperated with a prior investigation. She said that 21 states refused to hand over their SNAP data to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was established by the Trump administration earlier this year. If these states refuse to cooperate with the source providing funding, why are they still receiving funding?
The federal food program is used by about 42 million people, or around one in eight Americans.
This information should not come as a surprise to anyone. This newspaper believes that there are people who deserve the benefits of SNAP. However, there are many who have abused this program for years and the taxpayers of this country deserve better fiscal accountability, not only with this program, but all federal programs.
-Jamie Gardner
