By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:24:40 +0000

You proved they are all facts.

“Benefit recipients cheat the system by selling their food stamps.” TRUE.
As you have said, “[i]nstances of SNAP fraud have dropped…..” That shows that people are cheating the system. Not all. Not most. But you didn’t write that myth as “all benefit recipients cheat the system.”

“I was in the checkout line at the grocery store and I saw someone using food stamps to buy a whole bunch of alcohol and cigarettes.” TRUE
Calling a person a busybody doesn’t mean that they didn’t actually see this. Technically, you can’t, but this scandal – http://speier.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=625:food-stamps-chief-defends-program-in-face-of-charges-of-scandal&catid=2:jackie-in-the-news&Itemid=15 says otherwise. Further, your point could also show that food stamps subsidize the purchase of liquor because these people can use their food stamps to buy their groceries and their money to buy liquor.

People use food stamps to buy junk food. Also, lobsters. TRUE
Nothing you said makes this statement untrue. You said SNAP can be used to purchase food that people don’t approve of (junk food, lobsters) but they are not MORE likely than normal people to do this. Doesn’t mean people are not using SNAP to make these purchases.

SNAP costs too much and is taking money away from important federal programs. TRUE
Say what you will: “$78 billion” is too much.

People on food stamps are lazy/hipsters/entitled students/welfare schemers.
“People from all walks of life rely on food stamp.” Thus, this includes lazy/hipsters/entitled students/welfare schemers.

.Also, “[m]ore than 40 percent of food stamp recipients live in households where a family member is employed.” ONLY 40% live in a household where ONE member is employed!!!!! That’s outrageous. That means almost 60% are in households where no one works. That’s the statistic you’re using to make this sound sympathetic?

I was indifferent about food stamps before but this article makes me incredibly angry about entitled food stamp beneficiaries.