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2009-02-24 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Washington sends $1 food stamp checks to 250,000

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2009-02-24 08:22|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Ribas says the $1 check is a one-time move to leverage the federal money. He says next year the state will be able to trigger the federal assistance through a routine deposit in food stamp accounts.

So let me get this straight..they had a certain budget to spend and if spent they get a refill. So they send as many stamps out as possible for a mailing list. Then they take that mailing list and multiply by cost of food stamps per year and get that money appropriated from a federal source; a dam buster?

Posted by swksvolFF 2009-02-24 10:36|| 2009-02-24 10:36|| Front Page Top

#2 That's sucking pretty hard on the federal government tit. Guess which state I don't want to visit.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-02-24 11:30|| 2009-02-24 11:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Collect several and you can buy a joint from your friendly street corner drug dealer.

Posted by ed 2009-02-24 11:34|| 2009-02-24 11:34|| Front Page Top

#4 OK I have An evil mind, deposit those checks and the Govt now knows your bank and account number.

Posted by Rednek Jim 2009-02-24 16:21|| 2009-02-24 16:21|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm a'guessin this means that MSM-NET Repors of TARP = PORCULUS/PORKULUS [US$700Bilyuhn = $2.0Trilyuhn-and-rising]being just enuff for mainstream Amerikans of the USSA = USR to spend a day or two at their favirite fast food places could be true???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-24 17:43|| 2009-02-24 17:43|| Front Page Top

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