Ridge Runner
2009-03-28 02:54:37
The largest share of the political juice that fuels the Food Stamp program is not the recipients but agricultural interests, who don’t care a rat’s behind about how lush the benefits are for the non-needy, but are happy to see the program expanded at every opportunity to better support the sales of farm commodities. Good luck getting cutbacks through the legislature, especially in the current bankster free-for-all that scoops up 100′s of billions to feed the zombie banks. Total outlays for food stamps in recent years is between $35 and $40 billion annually, barely an “installment payment” in the recent AIG bailout.
