A group of Republican State Senators want to make the trafficking of food stamp benefits a criminal offense. Wisconsin's food stamp program, known as Food Share, paid out roughly $1.2 billion in benefits to low-income residents in 2012.
It also prohibits a person from using benefits to purchase food that has a container deposit, for the sole purpose of returning the container for a cash refund. The bill also prohibits someone from reselling food purchased with Food Share benefits and also prohibits a person from buying that food on resale.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Food Stamp Freeloaders next Walker Target.
Yeah, let's get those budget crashing food stamp swindlers. Sure it would duplicate a new federal law, but you never know how long the government will be around, right? From WKOW:
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