Let’s cut to the chase: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was meant to feed Americans in need – but somewhere along the line, fraud, waste and abuse showed up (not to mention purposeful inefficiency by the Democrats) and now the program serves an average of about 41.7 million people a month!!! That’s a 40% increase under former President Biden according to the Trump Administration.

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The federal government (using our tax money) shouldn’t be in the business of feeding people in the first place – that’s for the non-profits, churches, local communities, relatives and friends to do.

The whole thing started with President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty.” He signed the Food Stamp Act of 1964 on August 31, officially turning a Kennedy-era pilot into a national program. Back then, participants actually had to buy their stamps – paying $10 to get $20 worth of groceries. The coupons were good only for the basics: meat, milk, bread, cereal, and the occasional fruit or vegetable if you were feeling health-conscious. Fast- forward to today, and the renamed SNAP program lets recipients stock up not just on staples but also on things like snacks and sugary drinks – proof that the Democratic government’s war on poverty isn’t really about poverty – it’s giving out freebies to their voting base.

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Under the leadership of Brooke Rollins at U.S. Department of Agriculture, we have learned about the 11.7% “improper payment” rate (about $10.5 billion in FY2023). Luckily, she’s planning on reforming the program.

What’s been going on? Lots of fraud including selling benefits, selling items bought with benefits, fake card readers at stores to steal benefits, and more.

So next time someone throws you a “poverty compassion” slogan about SNAP, remind them: the problem with the program isn’t just making sure the needy are fed – it’s making sure that the un-needy aren’t taking advantage of the system, including illegal aliens and others who shouldn’t be profiting from SNAP.

The system that was supposed to lift people out of poverty has instead been hijacked by loopholes big enough to drive a grocery cart through – and plenty of folks have. The real SNAP problem isn’t hunger; it’s the vanishing act of oversight, conveniently ignored while fraud and abuse ring up at the register.