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What’s More Compassionate for the Poor, Dependency or Self-Reliance?

I’ve written a couple of times about the Food Stamp program, citing ridiculous examples of waste, fraud, and abuse. These include:

  • Using food stamps to buy luxury coffee at Starbucks.
  • Buying steaks and lobster with food stamps.
  • The Obama Administration rewarding states that sign up more food stamp recipients.
  • Proposals to make it easier to use food stamps at fast food restaurants.
  • College kids scamming the program for handouts.
  • New York City giving food stamps to newly released prisoners and running foreign-language ads encouraging more people to sign up for the program.

As a taxpayer, I get upset about these examples. But….

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