Originally posted on 06/27/2012:

Do you seriously have to ask?

Government wants more people on food stamps so they become dependent on government

That way politicians can demonize politicians who advocate to reduce/eliminate food stamps as "hating the poor"

Pro food stamp politicians get the votes

The more people on food stamps, the more votes they get

Once 50.1% of the people in this country are on the dole, is the day our country dies

The 50.1% will keep voting themselves more and more handouts, until the working class becomes too small and collapses

Then we have tyrannic government rule, where there are 2 classes of people: The elite bureaucrats in the government who still live lives of luxury and indulgence, and the peasant subjects who are on their hands and knees waiting for the scraps from the bureaucrats.