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USDA suggests food stamp parties, games to increase participation

While spending on the food stamp program has increased 100 percent under President Barack Obama, the government continues to push more Americans to enroll in the welfare program.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has embraced entire promotional campaigns designed to encourage eligible Americans to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps.

A pamphlet currently posted at the USDA website encourages local SNAP offices to throw parties as one way to get potentially eligible seniors to enroll in the program.


“Throw a Great Party. Host social events where people mix and mingle,” the agency advises. “Make it fun by having activities, games, food, and entertainment, and provide information about SNAP. Putting SNAP information in a game format like BINGO, crossword puzzles, or even a ‘true/false’ quiz is fun and helps get your message across in a memorable way.”



The agency’s most recent outreach effort targets California, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and the New York metro area with radio ads.

The ads have been running since March and are scheduled to continue through the end of June — at a cost of $2.5 million — $3 million, CNN Money reported Monday.



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/27/usda-suggests-food-stamp-parties-games-to-increase-participation/#ixzz1zFPoTM4N


Added: Jun-30-2012 Occurred On: Jun-27-2012
By: Jennifer Hue
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  • WTF? Is that usurper POTUS trying to bankrupt the country? Talk about buying votes. As usual, the tax payer is the loser like never before.

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    MrShueArie (1292.90)  

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  • Entertainment for the 12 million illegals that Obama has just signed up for FREE HEALTH CARE.

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    Rebel_Radius (1454.42)  

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  • Im cluepess about USA food stamp program but if you have to actually lick the stamp to use it. like the postal stamp, there are some chemicals that work magic in the blood stream like strictnine or cyanide.

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    Davaeron (165.58)  

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  • If I understand it correctly , SNAP or food stamp program has become privatized..it's in their corporate interest to get as many customers as possible.

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    soilentgreene (785.00)  

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  • Yep... Barack Obama; The Food Stamp President!

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    mrgod2u (1090.50)

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  • Games like what?....

    Guess who's your daddy?

    Pin the tail on the passed-out crackhead skank?

    Rock, glass pipe, papers, scissors, scales, weed, coke, straw and mirror

    Hide and go seek a fat-ass white broad or some blunts

    Half naked Twister with chicks that belong more in the Hungry Hungry Hippo game than contorting their ghastly lard filled limbs on a plastic mat

    and lastly...The Dating Game *hot cousin edition* hosted by Bob Eubanks

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    ernie2skidoo (1086.70)  

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  • The liberals are going to get their way by destroying the American economy, American morals, American politics, the health care system, the school systems and the states rights and state sovereignty. They are preparing us for when they push a big fat reset button for the US of A. Game over, the libs won when the federal court said, so what Obamacare is a tax.

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    Pure_Adrenaline (303.54)

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  • How many times are we going to see this article this week?This is at least the third time.
    Walmart has more employees on public assistance than any other corp,yet are one of the richest.So,in a nutshell...YOU,the taxpayer are subsidizing these employees for Walmart.Then these employees use their food ebt cards at Walmart,further enriching them with MORE of your tax dollars.It's a no lose for Walmart while you all cry about the poor.

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    echo4250 (740.44)

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  • Obviously a lot of people in need are apprehensive about claiming food stamps due to the stigma attached to them. Any way that can make it more socially acceptable is a sign of a humane & caring society.

    The negative implied "look at what Obama is doing with your tax" in the comments, may be better aimed towards military spending.

    $2.5-$3million on ads pales even in comparison to the daily cost of toilet paper that the military spends.

    Posted Jun-30-2012 By 
    jimbo111 (426.40)  

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