US food stamps feed millions in other countries: Welfare recipients buy groceries with Electronic Benefit Transfer cards and pack them in giant barrels to send to relatives overseas. The U.S. spent $522.7 million on foreign aid to the Caribbean last fiscal year, government data show, but the figure does not include what New Yorkers alone pay using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The practice is so common, hundreds of 45- to 55-gallon containers line the walls of some supermarkets, ready to be packed with taxpayer-funded goodies. The administration is using food stamps to attract more to come here, even as the immigration debate rages. A flier given to the Mexican Embassy by the USDA highlights that "you need not divulge information regarding your immigration status in seeking this benefit for your children." The USDA explains in a brief paragraph on Reaching Low-Income Hispanics With Nutrition Assistance : “USDA and the government of Mexico have entered into a partnership to help educate eligible Mexican nationals living in the United States about available nutrition assistance. Mexico will help disseminate this information through its embassy and network of approximately 50 consular offices." news.investors/ibd-editorials/072613-665390-two-food-stamp-recipients-per-job-created.htm
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:55:52 +0000
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