Food stamps are in the farm bills that the crooks (who don't pay social security taxes yet have a really cushy retirement plan) make a big deal about every five years. Shows the hoi polloi that they can work together for the good of the country. Gets two voting blocks secured for incumbents. The"poor" on welfare and the agriculture producers.
And for you young intellectuals, the USSR was always announcing five and seven year plans so the workers in the workers paradise that is communism would have hope. We on the other hand had a yearly budget, which slowed the globalist agenda somewhat. They had to put their assets in a blind trust to ensure the selfless integrity of public service. It's changed. Bread and circuses for you young folks.
