Food Stamps Versus Farming Subsidies

By Joe Cereola

Too many ignorant food stamp memes portray recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as scammers abusing the system to buy iPhones, alcohol, cigarettes and other products deemed inappropriate for anyone receiving assistance from the government. Whether or not these caricatures actually exist is beside the point. The argument implies that if one has enough money to buy certain goods, then one should not be entitled to government assistance. Yet these haters fail to apply the same standard to the millions of wealthy farmers collecting billions in cash payments and insurance subsidies.