Do you need an ID to obatain one of these cards?

Why don't we just give them all soup, cra&%$@, (and I mean saltines - wral won't let me say the "C" word) and bottled water for lunch? Good nutrition and it would be inexpensive.

Why aren't White House initiatives such as the "The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act" being applied to food stamp recipients so they might only purchase healthy food items (as defined by "Let's Move" Michelle) with their EBT benefits, just like in a school cafeteria?

From whitehouse.gov:

'The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (P.L. 111-296): This groundbreaking piece of legislation was signed into law so all kids have healthier food in school and even more have access to a healthy lunch. The legislation gives the USDA the authority to set nutritional standards for all foods regularly sold in schools during the school day, including vending machines, the “a la carte” lunch lines, and school stores.'

This would also help the state budget as only "healthy" foods would be 2% sales tax, and unhealthy foods would become 6.75%. This would also drop future costs for Medicaid.

I still want to know who the counties are that are not having problems. And I still feel you should file income tax every year to show your benefits. Even if you pay nothing on the benefits. 47 years with DHHS Junkmail5- let me tell you about fraud and abuse of the system sometime

If you think this is bad, wait until DHHS launches a new statewide Medicaid billing system this summer -- the same one that got hammered last year in a state audit for doubling in cost and falling two years behind schedule, and counting.

Whoever thinks it will work well, raise your hand... Anyone?

Why? The Feds tax both UE and SS benefits. aetius476

Not quite...

UE you have the OPTION to have taxes taken out or not (at least I did for the couple weeks I was on it several years ago).

In theory you may or may not owe taxes by the end of the year depending how much you earn in total.

SS they do NOT tax if you earn under 25k a year total (which is quite a lot of people on SS)

In other words- if you're really poor, they do NOT tax either program.

If you're on food stamps, you are by definition already really poor. Hence taxing them is incredibly dumb.

Wayne County is delayed too. I was supposed to have re-certify began in Feb. I was told I may not get any food stamps until sometime in March. People had no warning about the change!!! It has really hurt most people and I am sure one pf those people since I can not find a job right now either.

"It should be mandatory that income taxes be filed on benefits. maybelle Re-read that until you realize how dumb an idea it is." - Junkmail5

Why? The Feds tax both UE and SS benefits.

There is always glitches.Now it's your state income tax returns.They tell you to call a number about your amount between 8a-5p and the number is always busy...hmmm.? Looks like the high tech world of NC is not so advanced and reliable? all they care ABOUT IS PLAYING GAMES.

Readme-- accountability is a good thing but being humane is greater. There will always be those that abuse any system. Unfortunately there is no perfect people unlike some think. But when has this country ever not took care of its own. It is not a babies fault that he or she was born into a bad situation. That baby still should be able to eat because it is not able to care for itself yet. I know many that received food stamps as children and now they are productive citizens. They were thankful that there was help for them when they needed. Dependency is a problem for sure for some but not all. But how do you pick and choose between the ones that are just being dependent and the ones that really need help getting up.

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