The Leviticus 25 Plan would lift millions of working-class, tax-paying American families up out of poverty – and eliminate the ever-growing dilemma of food lines and dependence upon government-based food handouts.
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Food Stamps To Be Paused For 42 Million Americans: What To Know…
ZeroHedge, Oct 29, 2025 – Excerpts:
Food stamps are set to be paused on Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown.
Some 42 million Americans will not receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) until Congress approves new funding, according to federal officials, although some states have taken steps to intervene.
As Ryan McMaken details below, via The Mises Institute, according to the Treasury Department’s report on federal spending for fiscal year 2025, total spending on food stamps—also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—was $106 billion for the twelve-month period ending September 30.
Nationwide, the total percentage of the population receiving food stamps can vary significantly by state, and region. Measured state-by-state, we find that more than one in five residents of New Mexico receive food stamps. In Utah, on the other hand, fewer than one in twenty receive food stamps.
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Mercatus Center | George Mason University | May 13, 2025
Reducing Waste and Fraud in SNAP
Why SNAP fraud persists—and how to stop it
By Keith Hall
Excerpts:
By 2023, the pandemic had pushed the national SNAP program error rate to nearly 12 percent, with overpayments amounting to about 10 percent of that figure. At the state level, overpayment rates were as high as 57 percent for Alaska. Even before the increase in the pandemic-era rates, the national overpayment rate had been rising rapidly: While it was just a little over 2 percent in 2012, the national overpayment rate hit 6 percent in 2019, before the pandemic. In dollar terms, as of December 2024, SNAP overpayments are up to $10 billion per year, and much of this amount is from benefit trafficking, which now costs $1.3 billion annually.
Nonbenefit costs to the federal government
In addition to contributing to state administrative expenses, the federal government covers other, nonbenefit costs associated with SNAP. First, the FNS reviews the states’ administration of the program in accordance with federal requirements. The federal government also supports state expenses for nutrition education programs, employment and training programs, benefit and retailer redemption and monitoring, payment accuracy, electronic benefits transfer (EBT) systems, program evaluation and modernization, program access, and health and nutrition pilot projects.
The share of total federal spending on nonbenefit costs was about $6 billion in FY 2023, or 5 percent of the total costs (see figure 2).[3] SNAP administrative expenses vary quite widely by state.[4] For example, in FY 2016 average administrative expenses varied from $89 per case in Florida to $848 per case in Wyoming. However, there is little understanding of these differences, as this variation does not seem to be explained by economic conditions or caseload levels.
Overpayments have always dominated the program error rate. In 2023, for example, they outpaced underpayments six to one… in FY2023, SNAP overpayments totaled $10.7 billion, but recovery of overpayments was just $389 million, or less than 4 percent.[13]
Despite increased efforts to curtail waste, there has been no evidence of anything but increases in overpayments since FY 2013. Furthermore, there is no comprehensive measure of fraud in the program, but taxpayer dollars are lost whether overpayments are fraudulent or just errors. Because of the high cost of the program, these overpayment rates have certainly cost the government tens of billions of dollars (see figure 5).
SNAP Fraud
Trafficking of SNAP benefits
Problems specifically related to the use of EBT cards
Retailer application fraud
Errors and fraud by households
Errors and fraud by state agencies
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The vast majority of federal and state entitlement programs, SNAP and TANF in particular, are rife with waste and fraud.
There is one comprehensive economic plan in America with the raw power to wipe out hundreds of billions of dollars in these annual losses – while at the same time lifting millions of U.S. citizens up out of the ranks of poverty.
The Leviticus 25 Plan is a dynamic economic initiative providing direct liquidity benefits for American families, while at the same time scaling back the role of government in managing and controlling the affairs of citizens. It is a comprehensive plan with long-term economic and social benefits for citizens and government.
The inspiration for this plan is based upon Biblical principles set forth in the Book of Leviticus, principles tendering direct economic liberties to the people.
The Leviticus 25 Plan – An Economic Acceleration Plan for America
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