Anthony, you have made a number of groundless assertions. You haven't seen how it works in my neck of the woods. People selling their food cards for cash to buy crack. Your biggest gaffe is assuming someone who would complain about people scamming the system has considered doing it themself. This is incredible. Somewhat off-topic: Social Security. The sad fact is that given the freedom to invest the money the government confiscates, we could all have about 5 times more money. Accesible at our own whim. Instead we have a system where the Fed gives us a monthly check at their level. Until we die.