What began as a program for the neediest Americans, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps, has exploded to serve one in every eight Americans. The food stamp rolls have not only skyrocketed due to eligibility loopholes and regulatory boondoggles—each allowing for millions of work-capable adults with school age children to participate—but a program that has recently become a “leverage” point for Democrats in their self-inflicted government shutdown. Subsequently, nearly 42 million individuals, more than 22 million households—households including veterans, children and the elderly—are being held hostage to Chuck Schumer’s demands that at their core, prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens.

It is striking: one moment the program is

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