Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to require food stamp recipients to produce a valid photo ID every time they purchase food with their Electronic Benefits Transfer card. Under the Food Stamp Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act, anyone caught using someone else’s EBT card illegally would be banned from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program."Using a photo ID is standard in many day-to-day transactions, and most of those are not exclusively paid for by the taxpayer dollars," Vitter said in a press releaseWednesday. "Food stamps have more than doubled in cost since 2008 and continue to grow in an unsustainable way.”Vitter’s bill comes after an October system glitch that temporarily disabled the spending limit on EBT debit cards, leading some recipients to take advantage by exceeding their normally allotted cap.
system screws up and republicans want the recipients to pay for it. i know people get others to go to the store for them when they are disabled i'm waiving my hand, i don't get food stamps but i give them my bank card they go to the store get grocery and whatever else i need. now i know that some sell their stamps for whatever reason but i don't think it's so many that it's a problem they can still only buy food with it no cigarettes, or alcohol or even household supplies.
“A photo ID would not have stopped people from taking advantage of the system failure that day,” The Times-Picayune reported. “But Vitter said requiring photo IDs would make it harder for someone to use a stolen or fraudulently obtained [EBT card].”National advocacy groups for low-income Americans criticized Vitter’s proposal as ineffective and harmful to struggling beneficiaries.“Many poor people do not have photo IDs, and it costs money they do not have to get them," Deborah Weinstein, executive director of the Coalition on Human Needs,told The Times-Picayune on Wednesday."Senator Vitter's proposal will be especially tough on elderly and poor people who do not have the documents needed to get their photo ID, and who will struggle even to get to the necessary offices. They will wind up going without food."
i only have my VA ID some things i can't do like cash another check from a different bank i stopped driving in 1997 i'm home bound checks i can deposit but i will probably get a non drivers ID.
these republican vultures perch on a limb and wait for something to catch their eye that they can rail against, they live to deny others at the end of days doesn't matter who has the most marbles.
Beohner once said "we shouldn't be judged on how many laws we repeal" that is a sad admission of their intent to stifle the country with no intention of passing laws that would advance us, next time you wonde or hear republicans talking about how abysmal the economy is look to that statement and know why.
