The US Department of Agriculture has spent the past week notifying people that the country is (allegedly) overrun by individuals who are fraudulently claiming SNAP benefits, while (allegedly) driving luxury vehicles.
“In just ONE state, 14,000 individuals receiving SNAP benefits were driving LUXURY VEHICLES!” Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins posted on X last week. The official USDA account made similar claims, which were then amplified by figures like Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Rand Paul.
Those numbers are questionable at best. For one thing, the report they come from doesn’t name the state where thousands of people are allegedly buying Ferraris while using government money to buy food. For another, that report doesn’t include any explanation of its methodology.
deadass the only people i ever met who bragged about intentionally committing fraud (hiding income and claiming dependents they didn’t actually support, in their case) to qualify for benefits were also the pasty whitest trash I’ve met
also they were just generally mean horrible people
and i’d rather a million fuckers like them get their undeserved benefits if it meant nobody who needs it ever gets denied.
ideally I would like universal benefits with no means test. that way no one can cheat and everyone who needs it gets it.