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Food Stamp Fight!
...Carmen San Diego? http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-v…— May 12, 2009 1:30 p.m.
Food Stamp Fight!
"The two low-income advocacy groups...believe strategies that prevent food-stamp fraud — such as fingerprinting and occasional home searches — prevent families from applying for assistance." The statement that home searches are "occasional" is misleading. It is true that food stamp-only cases are only subject to home searches occasionally (because it is illegal for food stamp-only applicants that have no suspicion of fraud to be subject to a search). About 5% of food stamp-only cases have inconsistencies that cause them to be referred to the DA's Office for investigation. However, while that 5% figure sounds low and "occasional," the truth is that most poor people apply for cash aid, food stamps, and Medi-Cal all at once. In such applications, ALL food stamp applicants are subject to home searches. Many, many, many more than just 5% of persons applying for food stamps must submit to mandatory, unannounced, warrantless Project 100% home searches.— May 8, 2009 2:19 p.m.