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-Lurid Crime Tales-
$4 Billion in SNAP Money Went to Improper Food Stamp Payments
2018-07-02
[Breitbart] The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spent a total of $4 billion on improper food stamp payments to those receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the USDA confirmed with Breitbart News on Friday.

The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service announced this week that improper payments made up 6.3 percent of SNAP money in the fiscal year (FY) 2017‐the latest data available from the agency.

Breitbart News analyzed the USDA’s data on food stamp spending and found that $4,007,026,532 of the $63,603,595,754 the agency spent on SNAP in FY 2017 went to improper payments.

The USDA told Breitbart News that "it is important to note that improper payments include both overpayments and underpayments," meaning that households on SNAP that received less than what they were supposed to receive for the month are also included in the percentage rate.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Every Federal program that gives $ away like this is rife with abuse - don't get me started with the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credits) on tax returns - it's worse then this crap is. End it all.
Posted by: Raj   2018-07-02 18:49  

#5  Doesn't include
Posted by: Thravish White7222   2018-07-02 15:55  

#4  Doesn't the SNAP benefits traded at fiddy cents on the dolla for cash, drugs, booze, smokes ...
Posted by: Thravish White7222   2018-07-02 15:50  

#3  Lemme break out my shocked face...

Posted by: DarthVader   2018-07-02 14:23  

#2  So how am I supposed to interpret this statement?

Follow the math....wait, you can't.

By design.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-07-02 14:06  

#1  Well goooooly!

"it is important to note that improper payments include both overpayments and underpayments,"

So how am I supposed to interpret this statement? Does that mean the $4B is a gross or net number?
Posted by: gorb   2018-07-02 13:55  

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