Why thank you. I do try!

Appropriately severe!

More like a bunch of bambaklats, lol (not sure of the spelling, though;-)

can I get cuban cigars for WIC items? just a thought

No,but a pole dance qualifies .

I'll have a way to test this in two weeks: my youngest son was away to college and receiving food stamps. He returns in a couple of weeks to live here, and attend our local university.

By rights, I will be feeding him (again), and he will probably NOT qualify to keep getting the stamps. He has to change his address for this, and I will ask him to update his info with the agency. I will see if anyone asks the crucial questions....

Judge Napalatano was on Varney and Company this morning. He said it's not illegal to give food to your friends, family, the people across the street.

I know the WIC program just goes on what you tell them. I know someone who is on WIC and has a horse. Being catholic and not Amish, a horse is a luxury, not a necessity.

"The US Department of Agriculture is urging states to go after welfare cheaters who are caught shipping food out of country."

It must be illegal to do this, for the DOA to ask for enforcement.

The program is supposed to be means tested, but my guess is that they accept anything that you claim for income. There is probably very little effort to control the costs of this welfare (until stories like this appear).

Yeah. U.S. now stands for Unmitigated Suckers.

There you, injecting logic into their scam! The jigs up! ;-)

Apparently it's legal. Ethical and moral are another matter.

IMHO, if you can send it to your family (or black market) in the Caribbean, then you aren't really hungry and should not be eligible to receive food you didn't earn, but what do I know.