Since only the 29 states who reported can be evaluated (the rest ignored the request), we can assume that the problem is much, much, worse.

Here’s an idea: Every SNAP recipient must reapply annually on their anniversary date to make sure that only truly needy American citizens are getting this aid. This would also be a chance to reevaluate each recipient and set work requirements for those who are able-bodied.

Since SNAP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, but the states are responsible for running the program and determining eligibility based on federal guidelines, states should be forced to report to the federal government annually.

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Across three-fifths of the United States, the Trump administration has found half a million people receiving SNAP benefits twice over and 5,000 dead people receiving them. In deep blue states, the fraud is probably much worse.

It is important to clarify that 20+ states out of the 50 did not comply with the federal government’s request for information on SNAP beneficiaries, likely because they are trying to hide how many illegal aliens are illicitly receiving food stamps. So the horrifying numbers revealed by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show, The Ingraham Angle, are actually incomplete, and will probably be much higher if the administration can make radical Democrat states provide the necessary data.

Rollins, having mentioned the blue states’ incomplete SNAP data, stated that “of the 29 that complied, what we have found is staggering. Half a million people getting benefits two times under the same name, [likewise] 5,000 dead people.” Those 5,000 cases are probably family members continuing to receive SNAP benefits instead of the deceased individuals. In any case, we are wasting huge amounts of taxpayer money on beneficiaries who have passed away and greedy double-dippers.

The secretary continued to list off food stamp recipient statistics: “80% [are] able-bodied Americans, meaning they can work, they don’t have small children at home, they’re not taking care of an elderly parent. They can work, and they choose not to work, of course, because they’re getting significant benefits from the taxpayer.”

Rollins added, “So this light, Laura, that has now been shined on what is perhaps one of the most corrupt, dysfunctional programs in American history, that we are working now for very big announcements coming next week on this. We are cracking down. We now have a plan to fix it, and we’re really, really excited about doing that for the American people.”