Members of Congress get a 70-80 dollars a day food allowance, paid for by you and I.
I see WASTE alright...
I'm elderly and terminally ill.
I get 90.00 snap A MONTH...
I read it's supposed to average out to $6 a meal per person for those on SNAP. You should be getting over $500. We were on SNAP & fought for every penny. Sometimes we only got $18 for two. Covid gave everyone the maximum. We felt rich.
Republicans are the fraud give me a break. They’re acting like they’re saving pennies and then they’re spending billions on bullshit for Elon Musk and other crap.
I have relatives dependent on SNAP. They nod their heads in agreement when they hear this garbage. It is hard not to point the finger back and ask if they believe they are fraud or waste.
The people just arrested for that $66M fraud case were not SNAP recipients, they were criminal fraudsters. But this admin keeps putting the blame on recipients.
Bet she's never stood in line behind a person using food stamps to buy groceries. So many things are not covered, cashier removes them, children are upset, the parent is embarrassed. Rollins really should have the entire experience.
They're acting like oversight never existed before the Trump regime and then they just make up numbers, fire people and accuse people unsubstantiated. We'll see where these charges go and how much money they took. I would bet it's nothing even close to 66 million
She’s the same twit who told us to buy chickens and farm our own eggs. My HOA is fining me every day I keep these critters in my yard. I like hard boiled eggs. Do you freeze or boil the chicken to produce them?
The money from food stamps goes to the grocery stores, farmers and other food producers. The poor who rely on SNAP to feed themselves and their families are the intermediaries, they pass it along.
Well, we know that's just not true, because Trump and DOGE are eliminating "waste, fraud, and abuse", not "fraud, waste, and abuse". Rollins is obviously a deep state mole trying to undermine Dear Leader!! 😜
Even if it that was true, which I doubt, it would still cost less than stripping everyone in need of these programs. It would still cost less than simply taxing billionaires appropriately. It would cost less than allowing children to die of starvation. It would still cost less than our war machine.
As has been reinforced by the trump administration, we have the ability to understand that talk is cheap, words without deeds are meaningless, and people lie to get their way.
The major "fraud, waste, and absuse" is these people just don't give a crap about poor and lower-class American people. They do not care about us - period.
It is so unbelievably hard to get food assistance. I’ve helped many people access this, and the paperwork and verification that goes into it for not that much support is intense. This is so laughable.
Dem Senators who voted to confirm Brooke Rollins.
Baldwin, Tammy
Bennet, Michael
Booker, Cory
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Durbin, Richard
Fetterman, John
Gallego, Ruben
Hassan, Maggie
Heinrich, Martin
Hickenlooper, John
Klobuchar, Amy
Ossoff, Jon
Peters, Gary
Rosen, Jacky
Schiff, Adam
Shaheen, Jeanne
There are always some backroom shenanigans that cause voting across party lines, but Schiff? Baldwin? What do they get in return for enabling a kleptokakistocracy?
Democrats who vote for TACOs 💩 are giving us a list of who needs a good questioning from their constituents to see if they've learned anything over the last 4 months. If not, primary their ass with a progressive fighter! I want no Dem replaced with a Republican, but the party needs accountability!
For arguments sake, let’s say this is true (it’s not, but stay with me). What party was in the White House for 12 of the first 24 years of this century? Why wasn’t this remedied then?
So that means the vast majority, 70 - 80%, is legitimately needed and required by people in order to survive.
If you have a flat tire, that means 25% of your tires are not functioning properly (20% if you have a spare). You don't scrap the car - you just fix the problem.
The best estimate is not a reality It is a guess pulled out of your ass. Vilifying employees as corrupt is also not reality it is supporting a false narrative designed to create suspicion hate and division
These people use “waste, fraud and abuse” as if they were magic words. Do people who watch this stuff all the time ever wonder why they keep hearing the same three words over and over and over again?
American humans have to jump thru hoops to qualify for these programs. There is very little abuse or fraud involved. It’s a bit of assistance to get FOOD. How can a bitch sit there begrudging humans food?
Kind of OT, but it sure seems like Republicans personally know a whole lot of sorry-assed people who abuse assistance programs. The folks I know on assistance generally work at multiple low-paying jobs and still have to have help to make ends meet.
KEHOE, 46, of Long Island, New York; NAWAFLEH, 34, of the Bronx, New York; OMAR ALRAWASHDEH, 37, of the Bronx, New York; OBAID, 39, of the Bronx, New York; EMAD ALRAWASHDEH, 37, of the Bronx, New York; and DAVIS, 56, of Gardiner, New York, are each charged.
Another day in fuck nuggets America where he tries to destroy everything only as a distraction to the fact he is monetizing the Presidency for the Trump family . Fuck you Trump!!!
Completely untrue. The vast, vast majority of food stamp recipients are embarrassed to need aid and actively trying to better their economic situation so they no longer qualify for food stamps.
Too bad the FBI doesn't have the resources to investigate this "massive" food stamp fraud. They're too busy assisting ICE which is busy dragging people out of courthouses, college campuses and construction sites.
Odds are it's not even 5%. They like to blame the poor for everything. When everything was screwed up in 2008 I gladly used them because I work in the new construction sector and it had been messed up because of greed.
The regime calls food for the poor “fraud” while feeding billions to the rich. These cuts won’t stop waste—they will starve children, shatter families, and bleed our most vulnerable. This is engineered suffering. A war on the hungry. A slow, deliberate death sentence
Wouldn’t it be crazy if companies were require to pay labor a living wage so that most people would not need food stamps. The same dolts pushing the false fraud narrative advocate <$3/hour wages and hiring illegal labor rather than grant work visas to immigrants and requiring legal labor.
I wonder if the FBI (who uncovered this) investigation started in the previous administration? I'm guessing it probably did. I can applaud uncovering fraud, but do not appreciate the fraud that is this administration.
A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024.
Wait until they learn abt the fraud in h/c by insurance companies. Maybe someone should talk w Sen Rick Scott. Perhaps they should find out what happened w Medicaid $$ in FL b/c of DeSantis.. speaking of exploiting …JS
The food stamps thing drives me crazy. It’s literally putting money into the economy that wouldn’t be there otherwise. It’s good for grocery stores. It’s sheer nonsense
I would love to see the evidence of this. The pull “facts.” Out of their ass and then give no supporting data. RFK Junior said last week that 50% of people in China are diabetic.. yeah he really said that.1.4 billion people and he said 50% of them are diabetic. He is as dumb as a rock and dangerous
✅Gov issued ID
✅SS card
✅Bank statements showing name & address
✅Pay stubs or income statement showing name
✅Tax Statement
✅Child support document
✅Address/Copy of Lease
✅Utility Bills showing name & address
Advanced journalists who have mastered this question can graduate to asking: "You say the outcome was caused by this specific input. But surely there were multiple causes for this outcome. Do you have an attribution analysis you can share with us?"
Republicans never provide evidence, and journalists (a term used very loosely to include Bartiromo) never ask for it. Sadly, the overwhelming majority of viewers lack the critical thinking skills to notice what's missing.
This is how our country descends into fascism.
GAO has it at about 11.7%, mostly improper payments. Many government entities fail to implement the payment integrity requirements, making FWAB too easy.
And, as proven by court cases, it is NOT the recipients of food stamps committing fraud. All of that shit is through white collar embezzlement and theft.
Mainly because they see “unseen” disability for example as fraud. As in “ I can’t SEE anything wrong with you, so start making those US manufactured iPhones and get off of benefits” That’s what they mean by “Fraud”
Well, technically yes. But they aren’t going to admit that now are they! But soon Ma and Pa MAGA will be up the creek without a paddle once their disability is cut, their food stamps have disappeared, and the bottle of Maple syrup they slap on their pancakes each day costs £200.
Proof? Show us. Are wealthy people using stamps? Pulling up in the Rolls and grabbing Grey Poupon? Is someone snagging white bread instead of wheat? Are people selling off brand peanut butter on the black market?
The fraud is coming from inside the house. They get stuff like this, then get on air and imply it's regular people that make up the bulk of the abuse. The best lies are based on a kernel of truth.
Another corker from the Fox Views misinformation network. At least they are consistent. No sound needed, just look at any headline and then their expressions as they obfuscate.
20-30% is about the ratio of Hispanic or black recipients of food stamps. I am sure that was completely a coincidence and Rollins is not suggesting that non-white recipients are "waste, fraud, and abuse"... right?
Prove it. Show the records or shut the fuck up. We are tired of the fucking LIES. Why can't they be called out on public tv every time they lie. The first reporter or talk show host that calls them liars to their face on national tv wins.
She's full of it. Nobody using it is wealthy and she may not be able to see that much below her. But an experiment with putting her on SNAP and then having to feed her family for a month would be interesting.
They toss out these numbers as facts without providing a shred of evidence but it doesn’t matter to the MAGAts: they suck it up like the free samples at Costco.
If there had been even one case of actual fraud found in any of these DOGE cuts, I have no doubt we would have seen the perp walk on loop to prove fraud was found. Fraud is a crime and we know the GOP would have made a spectacle of it
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BTW, she has a net worth of over $3 million.
See? I offered as much proof as Rollins did. Two can play this game.
I see WASTE alright...
I'm elderly and terminally ill.
I get 90.00 snap A MONTH...
Maria went down the black hole a long time ago
I’m sure some fraud but not 20-30% unlike the admins which is 95-100% fraud
Until they prove their fraud claims it's all just lies, exaggerations and cruelty.
Oh, Sally gets an extra 15 bucks in SNAP benefits but she's not supposed to? Who gives a shit? People on SNAP are not "Living high on the hog".
Pics or it didn't happen.
Baldwin, Tammy
Bennet, Michael
Booker, Cory
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Durbin, Richard
Fetterman, John
Gallego, Ruben
Hassan, Maggie
Heinrich, Martin
Hickenlooper, John
Klobuchar, Amy
Ossoff, Jon
Peters, Gary
Rosen, Jacky
Schiff, Adam
Shaheen, Jeanne
Warnock, Raphael
Welch, Peter
If you have a flat tire, that means 25% of your tires are not functioning properly (20% if you have a spare). You don't scrap the car - you just fix the problem.
buckle up. I have faith that your constituents will really take care of this once shit hits the fan.
And yes, I know.
They're totally meaningless
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024.
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FOR HOUSEHOLD:
✅Gov issued ID
✅SS card
✅Bank statements showing name & address
✅Pay stubs or income statement showing name
✅Tax Statement
✅Child support document
✅Address/Copy of Lease
✅Utility Bills showing name & address
No one fakes all this FOR FOOD
"I can't afford cancer treatment for my 5 year old."
"They don't have cancer, it's just fraud, waste and abuse."
This is how our country descends into fascism.
GAO has it at about 11.7%, mostly improper payments. Many government entities fail to implement the payment integrity requirements, making FWAB too easy.
First, they came for the Inspector Generals...
between 90 and 100% of MAGA statements are lies.
plenty of evidence for that.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/usda-employee-and-five-others-charged-multimillion-dollar-food-stamp-fraud-and-bribery
thieves on the inside.
probably MAGA. they love looting the treasury.
89. 32% of what they say is simply made up.
In the unlikely event that anyone challenges you, claim that the source of the statistic is the U.S. Department of Commerce.
No one really knows what they do, but any statistic on any topic could have come from them.