Food Stamps Thesis

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A topic that has been roaming around Texas has been the usage of food stamps, and the careless act of people. Millions of dollars have been wasted on people that do not even need the government’s help, and the others that honestly need it, go on working hard, to earn money for food. The government believes they are shortening hunger when clearly, they are making it worst. Food Stamps is the second most expensive welfare there is. To receive food stamps, you must have received a low income and have had children that out of nowhere keep on multiplying. They is also an over population, babies keep on been born more than ever and many say it is because parents don’t want their food stamps to lower, they want it to increase more everyday if

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