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Gormy Cuss

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1. Ugh, truly stupid comparison.

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 11:48 AM

Sep 2013

Individual food aid programs like SNAP, WIC, etc. dole out small cash value assistance and it would be an extraordinary circumstance that one recipient would be issued even the minimum overpayment threshold in this comparison.

However, the fact that the error rate is lower for SNAP is a good talking point, as is the fact that errors in crop insurance and other farm subsidy programs result in larger cash value errors per recipient.

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Watchdog Finds Zero Major Overpayments In Food Stamps, $17 Million Overpayments In Farm Programs [View all] n2doc Sep 2013 OP

Ugh, truly stupid comparison. Gormy Cuss Sep 2013 #1

Good point. That shows the priorities. AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #2

The priorities Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #3

1b. Get campaign contributions and other bribes from un-needy n/t n2doc Sep 2013 #5

Yes, I failed to document both sides of the basic plan. Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #6

I understand your sentiment, K&R. Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #4

Kansas will be kicking approx. 20,000 off of snap Iliyah Sep 2013 #7

Oops! malaise Sep 2013 #8

Facts don't matter. The media is owned by the oligarchs who love taking food from the poor. Scuba Sep 2013 #9

kick Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #10

I've been a SNAP caseworker since 2009 Puzzledtraveller Sep 2013 #11

^ Wilms Sep 2013 #12