On Friday, The Hill<\/a> posted an article about what may be the only positive result of the shutdown–some of the corruption in our government may actually be dealt with!<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins <\/a><\/span>on Thursday said the Trump administration is planning to have all Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program<\/a> (SNAP) beneficiaries reapply for the program due to alleged fraud.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The secretary said after receiving data on SNAP recipients from 29 red states that \u201c186,000 deceased men and women and children in this country are receiving a check.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n …Every state has a periodic recertification process that requires SNAP or food stamp recipients to update their whereabouts and earnings, according to<\/a> the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Most municipalities require updated data every six to 12 months.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n More than 41 million Americans rely on the benefits to buy groceries, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n However, Rollins told Newsmax that 120 Americans have been arrested for committing SNAP fraud and on Thursday told CNN the program was \u201ccorrupt.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThese are the things that we\u2019re uncovering that, for years, no one has really ever dug into because the feds didn\u2019t have the system in place to do it. But we do now,\u201d the secretary told Newsmax.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe president has made this a priority,\u201d she added. \u201cWe will fix this program.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Imagine how many taxpayer dollars could be saved if we stopped all of the cheating in government programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Friday, The Hill posted an article about what may be the only positive result of the shutdown–some of the corruption in our government may actually be dealt with! The article reports: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said the … Continue reading