darin
08-25-2011, 07:37 AM
just as in Katrina Days, in New Orleans, Folks don't want charity, they want to scam the system for all the free shit they can get There's not helping "people" with their mindset.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/24/federal-government-tries-to-stop-food-stamp-water-dumping-fraud/
The federal government is moving to crack down on a bizarre form of food-stamp fraud that's flushing away taxpayer dollars.
The scam is called "water dumping." It works as follows: Food stamp recipients use their benefits to purchase water bottles and from there promptly dump the water out and redeem the bottles for cash.
It takes dedication to make any measurable profit off this. But it is a waste of water and a waste of taxpayer resources, not to mention an abuse of the "bottle deposit" system. And the Department of Agriculture is trying to put a stop to it.
Under a proposed rule, the government would treat "water dumping" as a trafficking offense and be allowed to disqualify from the food-stamp rolls anybody caught doing it. The comment period ended Friday, and the USDA is looking to finalize the rule by the end of the year.
"They're clearly abusing the program, and that's just not tolerable to us," USDA spokeswoman Jean Daniel said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/24/federal-government-tries-to-stop-food-stamp-water-dumping-fraud/#ixzz1W2lQ2cEQ
Basically, folks are buying massive amounts of bottled water - NOT FOOD. They dump the water immediately, and return the bottles for the cash deposit. Fing idiots. Animals; acting out to get CASH to fuel their drug or other habits I'd bet.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/24/federal-government-tries-to-stop-food-stamp-water-dumping-fraud/
The federal government is moving to crack down on a bizarre form of food-stamp fraud that's flushing away taxpayer dollars.
The scam is called "water dumping." It works as follows: Food stamp recipients use their benefits to purchase water bottles and from there promptly dump the water out and redeem the bottles for cash.
It takes dedication to make any measurable profit off this. But it is a waste of water and a waste of taxpayer resources, not to mention an abuse of the "bottle deposit" system. And the Department of Agriculture is trying to put a stop to it.
Under a proposed rule, the government would treat "water dumping" as a trafficking offense and be allowed to disqualify from the food-stamp rolls anybody caught doing it. The comment period ended Friday, and the USDA is looking to finalize the rule by the end of the year.
"They're clearly abusing the program, and that's just not tolerable to us," USDA spokeswoman Jean Daniel said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/24/federal-government-tries-to-stop-food-stamp-water-dumping-fraud/#ixzz1W2lQ2cEQ
Basically, folks are buying massive amounts of bottled water - NOT FOOD. They dump the water immediately, and return the bottles for the cash deposit. Fing idiots. Animals; acting out to get CASH to fuel their drug or other habits I'd bet.