I think the solution is to treat their pursuit of cash, as it pertains to the food stamp program, as just a red herring, a distraction. Some food stamp funding

I think the solution is to treat their pursuit of cash, as it pertains to the food stamp program, as just a red herring, a distraction. Some food stamp funding probably ends up in exploitative mobile game IAPs, unhealthy food etc, can't police it without massively impeding everyone's privacy and independence but 0.9% fraud means the program's overwhelmingly working as intended so why bother? If something is to be done to help the addicts, the ill, the obese etc so they spend food stamp funding more effectively it should address their addictions and illnesses and problems. Those are health and education and social services issues. Address that and you could actually start asking why there needs to be restrictions at all on what people can buy with food stamps... they're supposed to be help people below poverty live at normal standards, which includes spending money irresponsibly or at their own discretion! People on that program can't buy necessities like toilet paper, laundry detergent, soap, diapers, tampons, deodorant, lip balm, I think that is a bigger problem than 0.9% fund misuse especially when such conditions might contribute to the 'misuse'. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-kerr/10-things-you-cant-buy-with-food-stamps_b_5079780.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-kerr/10-things-you-cant-b...