If food stamps are helping you get out of a tough spot, I'm glad it is helping you. > there is a feeling that this kind of intrusion is justified since I am ap

If food stamps are helping you get out of a tough spot, I'm glad it is helping you. > there is a feeling that this kind of intrusion is justified since I am apparently getting something I don't deserve anyway The idea that you deserve food stamps implies that you some how earned it. Keep in mind that what you get in food stamps effectively comes from someone else who would earned that money and might rather use it to pay off their college debt or put their kid through school. If you are not listing your bank account because you don't want them to know that you DO have enough money to provide for yourself, then you are highlighting why they ask for that information. I'm glad if you are getting temporary help if you need it. If you think you somehow deserve and are trying to hide the fact that you actually do have resources you could use for food, you are making a good case for the fact that the government needs to do a better job of requiring that type of information.