Obama Wants You on Food Stamps (Melissa Melton Infowars.com Article)

Melissa Melton
Infowars.com
June 30, 2012

If the Supreme Court upholding Obamacare left Americans with any doubts we are officially living in a debt-fueled social welfare state, the Obama Administration recently spent three million dollars to convince us we will all live healthier lives if we sign up for food stamps.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been running a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) propaganda campaign for several months now. Primarily aimed at Hispanics, the elderly, and the working poor and unemployed, ads include radio segments claiming that food stamps help beneficiaries “eat right”:

Woman #1: “I wonder how she stays so fit, what’s her secret?”
Woman #2: “Well she told me that food stamp benefits help her eat right, and she stays active too.”

(The full commercials may be heard here.)

Food stamp guidelines only require that items purchased with stamps are designated as “food for home consumption”. It should be noted the USDA does not station enforcement officers at grocery stores to ensure food stamp recipients’ shopping carts are filled with vegetables instead of potato chips.

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Comment by Patty Volies on July 7, 2012 at 12:44am: You all just keep the important information factual, WHOW! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

Comment by rtaylortitle on July 4, 2012 at 9:54am: Our true unemployment rate is 40% to 45% which makes this the Grand Depression. One of the Bimbo Blonds on FOX yesterday had a segment that said, to paraphrase, "The recovery may be teetering!" Would you call 40% unemployment a recovery? How do these people (other than the Bimbo's...we know how they get their jobs) get their jobs...surely they are not real journalists or reporters? If it weren't for the continuous printing of fiat money by that private cartel/monopoly we call the Fed and for food stamps and WIC cards to amerliorate the true conditions, this country's TRUE economy was stand out like a sore thumb.

Comment by Nathan on July 3, 2012 at 4:21pm: Spot on, Nikki.

Comment by Nikki on July 3, 2012 at 4:05pm: Food stamps are available NOT because the government is benevolent as many politicians would like us to believe. Their purpose is to pacify the unemployed and/or poor and to move tax dollars back to the corporations.

Comment by Nathan on July 3, 2012 at 3:20pm: In a recent interview it was noted that some Wal-Mart stores derive anywhere from 25 to 40 percent of their revenue from food stamps:

“(Yahoo) Here’s where the profits come in,” Nestle says. “A vast percentage of Food Stamps’ money goes into the pockets of soda companies and snack food companies…and also the stores that sell these foods.”

Wal-Mart “gets a large fraction of Food Stamp dollars,” which contributes 25% to 40% of revenue at select stores, according to Nestle. “These companies, therefore, have a vested interest in making sure Food Stamps are allowed for any purchase at all.”

The fact that Wal-Mart and Family Dollar are outperforming the S&P 500 by a rate twice as high as the large average should tell you a bit more about the underlying nature of our economy. What is also interesting is the intense lobbying from corporate groups:

“The point here is that banks that administer SNAP have a vested interest in keeping SNAP enrollments high and makers of junk foods have a vested interest in making sure that there are no restrictions on use of benefits,” she writes.”

Complete story: http://www.mybudget360.com/financial-benefits-food-stamps-record-78...

Comment by npd1969 on July 3, 2012 at 11:23am: Have you looked at the application form just to try to get food stamps? It is about 10-12 pages and is extremely personal with the data that the state claims they need to have from you. I looked on the form last year to see what what they are looking for. They want your information, detailed banking and assets, family members including social security numbers, and your household income. Last week I went to my local grocery store and watched the person ahead of me in line use multiple food stamp cards to get various food items. This was a hispanic female who I suspect is probably in the nation illegally.

I'm curious to see how many person who have applied have been declined for one reason or another.

Comment by rtaylortitle on July 3, 2012 at 8:36am: I am sick of food stamps, WIC cards, etc. If I'm paying for hamburger and the recipients of this "stolen money" is eating steaks, then I might as well join in until the whole system collapses which it is about to do. When the Euro falls the Dollar will follow and hyper-inflation will kick in. At some point, their inevitably will be food riots, then Marshall law, followed by more resistance until the whole thing crumbles and, hopefully, an America 2.0 will emerge with a new Constitution where the Banksters and money-junkies are NOT allowed to rule.

Comment by Paul on July 3, 2012 at 6:42am: Fantastic Marie! I love your words!

Simply put, if people followed the words of God, then, there would be No more Bondage!

Man thinks he is free by working for these so called "Greed Driven Governments?" No way! they think only of themselves, and more ways to TAX the people! Tax itself is robbery, Everything we purchase, sell, work for, work at, food we eat, fuel we use, is taxed!

We need to go back to Grass roots to realise that we have the answers within ourselves! Not Greedy Corrupt Governments and Corrupt Banking Systems!

We need to set up Comunity based Farming systems where all of us Benefit from the Fruits of our labors

We need to be as ONE! United, free thinking People who think for ourselves, And not be told what to think and what to do by these Corrupt Systems!

Free Ourselves and we Free the World!

Comment by jim on July 2, 2012 at 7:21pm: It doesn't surprise me.

Obama wants a lot of shit and he lies

to get votes and tells what he will give Americans Remember HOPE & CHANGE ?

well I guess he did drliver that to us.

We now have NO-HOPE

and America has CHANGED