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WI Legislature To Consider Adding Photo ID As Part Of FoodShare Program
http://www.wpr.org/legislature-consider-adding-photo-id-part-foodshare-programRepublican legislators are looking for ways to prevent fraud in the state's food stamp and unemployment benefits programs.
Two bills will get a hearing on Tuesday. One of them would require the state to get a federal waiver to add a photo to FoodShare debit cards. Republican backers say the program lost more than $6 million in food stamp overpayments last year, some of it due to people selling their cards for cash. That amounts to 1.5 percent of the $1 billion spent on food stamps.
Democrats oppose the bill. State Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Milton, said the $7 million start-up cost for making and issuing the cards outweighs any savings.
"We'd be spending more than we'd save," said Jorgenson. "For taxpayers, it's a terrible deal."
Two bills will get a hearing on Tuesday. One of them would require the state to get a federal waiver to add a photo to FoodShare debit cards. Republican backers say the program lost more than $6 million in food stamp overpayments last year, some of it due to people selling their cards for cash. That amounts to 1.5 percent of the $1 billion spent on food stamps.
Democrats oppose the bill. State Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Milton, said the $7 million start-up cost for making and issuing the cards outweighs any savings.
"We'd be spending more than we'd save," said Jorgenson. "For taxpayers, it's a terrible deal."
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