EDITORIAL DOUBLE WHAMMY OF WASTE COUNTY'S FOOD STAMP PROGRAM NEEDS AUDITING.IT'S bad enough when incompetent bureaucrats waste taxpayer money on dubious projects and unnecessary layers of government. But when it comes to the food stamp program The US Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. , the incompetence appears to be hurting the poorest members of society. That's the allegation of some county employees who say the county is excessively lax about verifying eligibility of those applying for food stamps food stamp n. A stamp or coupon, issued by the government to persons with low incomes, that can be redeemed for food at stores. Noun 1. . One county worker was ignored and called a terrorist when he told his boss about a case of suspected fraud. That employee has since received a $250,000 settlement against the county for his treatment on the job. It was a double whammy double whammy Noun informal a devastating setback made up of two elements double whammy n (col) → palo doble double whammy n (inf of waste for taxpayers. So it's no wonder county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San has called for Department of Public Social Services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales officials and prosecutors to investigate the county's food stamp program. Nationwide food stamp cheats cost an estimated $241 million a year. The nation's food stamp program is an important stopgap for many working families. The public deserves to know that this program is benefitting those who need it the most -- not those who know how to cheat. |
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