Minnesota Scrambles To Verify Hunger, Ignores Pentagon's Phantom Billions
Minnesota is under federal orders to verify its SNAP recipients within 30 days, or face potential loss of federal funding. This frantic push to ensure only the 'truly needy' receive a few hundred dollars a month comes as the Pentagon consistently fails audits. For example, in 2022, the U.S. Army alone could not account for $220 billion in assets, according to a Reuters report. That's 'billions'
with a 'B', yet the focus remains laser-sharp on the few hundred dollars a low-income family might receive for groceries. One might wonder about the timing and priorities. Why the meticulous, state-level scrutiny of the hungry, while seemingly infinite sums disappear into opaque defense budgets? This appears to contradict any stated commitment to fiscal responsibility, unless that responsibility
only applies to checking if a single mother truly qualifies for powdered milk, not whether Lockheed Martin delivered all 10 F-35s we paid for twice over. It's almost as if some budgets are sacrosanct from review, while others are deemed ripe for 'efficiency' cuts.