Food Stamp Costs Swelled by States Spending $1 for Heat
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Congressional critics looking to cut the nation’s food stamp bill -- which has doubled in the past five years -- are pointing to what some say is a loophole in the law:
If a state gives a resident as little as $1 a year in heating assistance, it allows that person’s household to automatically qualify for an average of $1,080 in additional food stamps annually from the federal government.