When life imitates art...
Stu Nahan: Hello everybody! I'm Stu Nahan, and I'd like you to meet this young man. His name, Jeff Spicoli. And Jeff, congratulations to you. Things looked kind of rough out there today.
Jeff Spicoli: Well, I'll tell you Stu, I did battle some humongous waves! But you know, just like I told the guy on ABC, "Danger is my business!"
Stu Nahan: You know, a lot of people expected maybe Mark "Cutback" Davis or Bob "Jungle Death" Gerrard would take the honors this year.
Jeff Spicoli: Ha ha ha ha! Those guys are fags!
Stu Nahan: That's fantastic! Let me ask you a question. When you get out there, do you ever fear for your life?
Jeff Spicoli: Well Stu I'll tell you, surfing's not a sport, it's a way of life, it's no hobby. It's a way of looking at that wave and saying, "Hey bud, let's party!" Where'd you get this jacket?
Stu Nahan: I got this from the network. Let me ask you a question. What's next for Jeff Spicoli?
Jeff Spicoli: Heading over to the Australian and Hawaiian internationals, and then me and Mick are going to wing on over to London and jam with the Stones! And you guys are invited too!With more than 47 million Americans enrolled in SNAP -- costing taxpayers nearly $80 million last year -- unabashed food stamp recipients like Greenslate are common in a program that has been also plagued by abuse and fraud.
In 2012, Fox News reported that 30,000 college students in Wisconsin and Michigan were enrolled in SNAP and people were selling their benefits on Facebook. Additionally, a 2010 Government Accountability Office report noted that "the amount of SNAP benefits paid in error is substantial, totaling about $2.2 billion in 2009." Immigrant food stamp recipients were recently caught sending food back to underprivileged family members in other countries as well. Examples of welfare abuse are all too common.
SNAP enrollment has become easier over the years, with recipients like Greenslate only needing to provide a "birth certificate and Social Security card and fill out a form once a year," according to Fox News. And the appeal of that "free food" and hassle-free enrollment has likely contributed to a record number of American households signing up.
The failed Obama economy hasn't helped, either. From January 2009 to November 2012, a net of 194,000 new jobs were created nationally. During that same time, 14.7 million Americans were added to the food stamp rolls. Thus food stamp growth was 75 times greater than job creation.
For the fun-loving food stamps hustlers like Greenslate, the party never stops, thanks in part to their handy EBT cards.
A database of 200 million Electronic Benefit Transfer records from January 2011 to July 2012, obtained by the New York Post through a FOIA request, showed welfare recipients using their EBT cards to make dozens of cash withdrawals at ATMs inside Hank's Saloon in Brooklyn; the Blue Door Video porn shop in the East Village; The Anchor, a sleek SoHo lounge; the Patriot Saloon in TriBeCa; and Drinks Galore, a liquor distributor in The Bronx.
"Hey bud, let's party!"
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