Moochie

WHAT THIS GUMMINT DOES          TEXT Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Which State Has the Highest Food Stamp Usage of All? “ if we reversed the ranking and did a Self-Reliance Index, Virginia, Florida, and Georgia would score in the top 10. Nevada, arguably the nation’s most libertarian state, is the state with the lowest number of non-poor people signed up for welfare. A few quick observations. Why is Vermont (by far) the state with the largest proportion of non-poor people signed up for welfare programs? I have no idea, but maybe this explains why they elect people like Bernie Sanders. But it’s not just Vermont. Four of the top five states on the Moocher Index are from the Northeast, as are six of the top nine. I'd never heard of the (aptly named) Moocher Index.  I found it while walking this trail The food stamp program seems to be a breeding ground of waste, fraud, and abuse. Some of the horror stories I’ve shared include: Using food stamps to buy luxury coffee at Starbucks. Buying steaks and lobster with food stamps. The Obama Administration rewarding states that sign up more food stamp recipients. Proposals to make it easier to use food stamps at fast food restaurants. College kids scamming the program for handouts. New York City giving food stamps to newly released prisoners and running foreign-language ads encouraging more people to sign up for the program. The Octo-Mom mooching off the food stamp program. The Agriculture Department running radio ads to lure more people into food stamp dependency. With stories like this, I’m surprised my head didn’t explode during this debate I did on Larry Kudlow’s show. So exactly how bad is the food stamp program? (Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall continued) ”