New York Food Stamp Outreach
14th September 2012
The number of food stamp recipients in New York has grown to 3.1 million from 1.8 million over the last five years.
You’d think the state would be looking to help people get off food stamps. Instead, it’s spending millions of dollars on “outreach” aimed at enrolling even more beneficiaries into the program. Among the non-profits receiving grants for food stamp “outreach” are the United Way of New York City, which got $4.5 million, Year Up, Inc., which got $1.5 million, and Project Hospitality, Inc., which got $1.5 million.
That’s because the government sees nothing wrong with people being on food stamps; in fact, they encourage it, because it makes more voters dependent on them spending taxpayers’ money, and spending taxpayers’ money (in exchange for votes, which everyone involved has the good grace not to mention) is what they’re all about.