claim: people can use food stamps for anything, including to go to hawaii, and even millionaires can qualify.
author: louis jacobson
evidence_1: dec 15, 2011 ... gop presidential candidate newt gingrich has become particularly fond of the notion, claiming that people can even use food stamps for a trip to hawaii. in a nov. 30 appearance caught by abc news, the former house speaker said: "they give food stamps now to millionaires because, after all, don't you ...
evidence_2: dec 1, 2011 ... given the isolated nature of the incident and the fact that he was removed from the program, our ruling remains pants on fire. share the facts. newt gingrich. 2012 presidential candidate. people can use food stamps "for anything," including "to go to hawaii," and even millionaires can qualify. in an iowa ...
evidence_3: plenty of people with assets of over a million dollars will qualify if they have no “earned income” which lets face it most millionaires don't. with no asset test they could have a million dollar home, a million dollar yacht,, and a multi-million dollar investment portfolio that is increasing in value every year and qualify as long as ...
evidence_4: people can use food stamps "for anything," including "to go to hawaii," and even millionaires can qualify. — politifact national on thursday, december 1st, 2011. pants on fire! wrong then and wrong now. newt gingrich · former alaska governor sarah palin was right that president barack obama's health care bill created ...
evidence_5: feb 13, 2012 ... this essentially means that millionaires can collect food stamps as long as their present income is below a certain limit. ... i couldn't save any money for the future, i couldn't afford to go on trips with my income, and i really couldn't buy anything extra (which prompted me to have a “no spend” month last ...