The number of American households on food stamps hit a record in January according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
A total of 23 million American households received the taxpayer-funded food subsidies – the latest peak in a steady expansion of the welfare program under the administrations of both George W. Bush and [...]
Another Food Stamp Record
SCDSS No. 2 Resigning
Isabel Blanco, the bureaucrat at the center of South Carolina’s 2012 food stamp scandal, is resigning her post with the S.C. Department of Social Services (SCDSS) effective April 15.
Blanco’s resignation comes less than a week after FITS returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. during which we alerted the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to [...]
“SNAP to Work,” South Carolina!
“SING FOR YOUR SUPPER?”
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley wants a portion of the Palmetto State’s food stamp population to “sing for their supper.” Or at least that’s what she wants us to think …
Haley’s as-yet-unannounced proposal – dubbed “SNAP to Work” – would require beneficiaries of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to find jobs if [...]
About That SC Legislative State Story …
… IT’S ACTUALLY WORTH READING
“Big and bold above our fold” today is a 1,000-word editorial from contributor Jimmy G. Wiles of Myrtle Beach, S.C. – the first of what we hope will be many guest submissions published on this website in 2013.
Missed it? Click here …
Wiles’ longish piece explores the origins of South Carolina’s legislatively-dominated [...]
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LEXINGTON RING FEEDBACK
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SCDSS Director’s “Special Friend” Got $102K
WHO ELSE IS ON SCDSS CONSULTANT TAB?
The welfare consultant who reportedly enjoys an “especially close” relationship with S.C. Department of Social Services (SCDSS) director Lillian Koller (above) was paid much more by South Carolina taxpayers than we originally reported.
In an earlier report, FITS uncovered more than $20,000 in payments from SCDSS to consultant Sandie Hoback from [...]
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SCDSS Director Under Fire
CHANGES TO FOOD STAMP PROGRAM RAISING COSTLY QUESTIONS
S.C. Department of Social Services (SCDSS) director Lillian Koller left a royal mess at the Hawai’i Department of Human Services – the agency she ran from 2003 until 2011 (when Gov. Nikki Haley hired her to fill the same position in the Palmetto State).
In fact Koller was slapped [...]
Stimulus? Not In South Carolina …
Remember earlier this year when we kept blasting the proposed trillion-dollar federal “stimulus” plan – calling it nothing but a “bureaucratic bailout” for state agencies that had (have) failed miserably to live within their means?
Yeah … “we told you so.”
According to statistics released Wednesday by S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom, the vast majority of so-called [...]
