State Food Stamp policies

I am gnawing my way into food stamp policies, and you will not believe what I am finding. For example, let's look at Kansas. For the last decade, in Kansas if you declined to provide proof of legal presence, then only a portion of your income was counted against your qualification for food stamps. However, if you were an American citizen, then all your income was counted. That is right. The food stamp program discriminated against US citizens. And it has been going on for 10 years. I wonder what the other states are doing. No accountability. No transparency.

But guess what? The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services have recently revised the way they calculate eligibility. They have agreed to stop discriminating against US citizens. What a relief? I know you must think I make these things up so just Google Kansas food stamp policy and you should be able to verify what I say.

Now under the new guidelines, all household income whether from US citizens or non-citizens will be counted toward qualification for food stamps. By the way, 296,542 people in Kansas receive food stamps an increase of 58%  from 2008.

Gingrich may have a point about the food stamp president.