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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1187264" data-attributes="member: 1246">Surprise!Via <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/18/feds-more-americans-selling-their-food-stamps-for-cash/" target="_blank">Fox News</a>:The percentage of Americans selling their food stamps back to stores for cash has increased by 30 percent over the past several years, according to a new Agriculture Department study.

The study on food stamps trafficking — which the agency said included “covert investigation” in stores — compared the periods of 2006 -2008 to 2009 -2011.
Despite the increase, trafficking has declined since the 1990s, when the rate was nearly 4 percent of food stamps, also known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs benefits.

The total amount of SNAP benefits is now at roughly $858&nbsp; million, compared to $330 million annually in the 2006-2008 period.
The increase reflects the overall growth&nbsp; in SNAP participation and benefits, the agency said in the August 2013 report.

Recipients typically sell back their benefits at a discount, according to the agency, which said its undercover investigations and research into electronic SNAP transactions focused on&nbsp; stores that showed “suspicious activities.”
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1187264, member: 1246"] Surprise! Via [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/18/feds-more-americans-selling-their-food-stamps-for-cash/"]Fox News[/URL]: [INDENT]The percentage of Americans selling their food stamps back to stores for cash has increased by 30 percent over the past several years, according to a new Agriculture Department study. The study on food stamps trafficking — which the agency said included “covert investigation” in stores — compared the periods of 2006 -2008 to 2009 -2011. Despite the increase, trafficking has declined since the 1990s, when the rate was nearly 4 percent of food stamps, also known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs benefits. The total amount of SNAP benefits is now at roughly $858 million, compared to $330 million annually in the 2006-2008 period. The increase reflects the overall growth in SNAP participation and benefits, the agency said in the August 2013 report. Recipients typically sell back their benefits at a discount, according to the agency, which said its undercover investigations and research into electronic SNAP transactions focused on stores that showed “suspicious activities.” [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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