Since the $2600 she is receiving is more than 200% above the FPL for two people, I am guessing there is at least one other child in that household for her to be able to qualify for food stamps.
Is your assumption that the welfare system is in any way designed to
restrict or reduce the number of individuals on food stamps...or any other aspect of welfare?
If so, you are laboring under a misapprehension.
1. "By mid-2010,
one in six Americas were receiving aid from an anti-poverty program: “More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That's up at least 17% since the recession began in December 2007….current enrollment is the highest on record," even before the new health care law adds about 16 million people, beginning in 2014….
More than 40 million people get food stamps, an increase of nearly 50% Â…
Caseloads have risen as more people become eligible. The economic stimulus law signed by
President Obama last year also boosted benefitsÂ….Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance, nearly four times the number from 2007. Benefits have been extended by Congress eight timesÂ…More than 4.4 million people are on welfare, an 18% increase Â…The steady climb in safety-net program caseloads and costs has come as a result of two factors: The recession has boosted the number who qualify under existing rules.
And the White House, Congress and states have expanded eligibility and benefits.” Record number in government anti-poverty programs - USATODAY.com
Again:
"And the White House, Congress and states have expanded eligibility and benefits.”
2. “The 2010 edition of “Federal Spending by the Numbers” shows spending and deficits continuing to grow at a pace not seen since World War II. Washington will spend $30,543 per household in 2010—$5,000 per household more than just two years ago. While some of this spending is a temporary result of the recession,
President ObamaÂ’s latest budget would replace this temporary spending with permanent new programs. Federal Spending Trends and Federal Budget Trends
Here's a little mental exercise for the Libtards...and the rest:
40 million Americans (well, probably includes a bunch of illegal aliens too) depend on food stamps. Just imagine what will happen in this country if the gubmint goes belly up and 40 million people suddenly can't afford to buy food.
The public finds ways to 'use' the largesse, and just possibly, politicians who want to increase the use of hand-outs, know this...
1. "Authorities say the stamps are then redeemed as usual by the unscrupulous merchants at face value, netting them huge profits and diverting as much as $330 million in taxpayer funds annually. But the transactions are electronically recorded and federal investigators, wise to the practice, are closely monitoring thousands of convenience stories and mom-and-pop groceries in a push to halt
the fraud."
USDA Cracks Down On Food Stamp Trafficking
And this...
Salon ran an article about how the ‘cool’ have no problem using the system, called “
Hipsters on Food Stamps.”
2. "“I’m sort of a foodie, and
I’m not going to do the ‘living off ramen’ thing,” he said, fondly remembering a recent meal he’d prepared of
roasted rabbit with butter, tarragon and sweet potatoes. “I used to think that you could only get processed food and government cheese on
food stamps, but itÂ’s great that
you can get anything.”
The increase in food stamp use among this demographic is hard to measure, as they represent a cross section of characteristics
not specifically tracked by the Agriculture Department, which administers the program.
And in cities that are magnets for
20- and 30-something creatives and young professionals, the kinds of food markets that specialize in
delectables like artisanal bread, heirloom tomatoes and grass-fed beef have seen significant upticks in food stamp payments among their typical shoppers.
“The
use has gone way up in the last six months,” said Eric Wilcox, a cashier who has worked at Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco for 10 years. “We’re seeing a lot more young people in their 20s purchasing organic food with food stamp cards. I wouldn’t say it’s limited to
hipster people, but I’m certainly surprised to see them with cards.”
Hipsters on food stamps - U.S. Economy - Salon.com
At a certain level, this election will be between those who value self-reliance, and those who endorse
living on someone else's dime.
The avalanche of transfer payments are accepted by the public only if they are trained to accept what William Voegeli calls ‘non-Euclidean economics,” in which taxpayers are led to believe that
all the goodies are paid for by someone elseÂ….the welfare state manages the perceptions of its costs and benefits to encourage them
to believe an impossibility: that every household can be a net importer of the wealth redistribution by the government.”
William Voegeli, “Never Enough, America’s Limitless Welfare State,” p. 7.
"When you've got to choose.
Ev'ry way you look at it you lose.
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
(Woo woo woo) ..."
and then
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