Excellent job! I see you were able to contact someone at the Food Stamp office. If I get someone's ear at the office, I would tell them I know a way they could cut their bill by 35%.

Only allow Lone star cards to purchase the store brand item if a one is available. My medical insurance card that I pay for makes me get generic if available, why not food stamp recipients? HEB and Kroger could easily make their scanners identify items. Here are a couple of examples.

Ms Baird bread. 2.15 a loaf. HEB bread .99.

Green Giant Corn 1.25 a can. HEB .58.

Why should tax payers buy name brand when a generic equivalent is available? I think the media should ask them why they can't do this?

Thanks for your work!

It's worth remembering that the Lone Star Debit Card will pay for groceries up to the amount of the card holder's allotted monthly benefit. When the benefit is used up, the card will be refused by the store's card Point of Purchase scanner, and it won't be replenished until the following month.

I suspect that, somehow, the people who're using the Lone Star Cards in other states are getting their hands on a fistful of cards, illegally of course.

I know people that have recieved six thousand dollars in food stamps (by accident) and sold all of them. I reported a friend of mine and they only thing they did was take her food stamps away for a month. I have when 'm at the store and the girl in from of me has six kids, doesnt speak english, coach handbag and then i see this person driving a new model car.

But as a needy family u cant easily get help i have always been an honest person now with no income i cant get help but those who dont need and know how to work the system have no problem getting it

I call these vacation stamps. I work in an office where many of the less educated lower paid people are in clerical support positions. I have heard a few conversations about not mentioning raises to caseworkers so that they can maintain benefits. I have also noticed many of these people take more frequent vacations than myself (I make about twice as much as a clerical employee). I have felt I haven't been able to afford a vacation in 4 years! I'd love to have some vacation stamps. With no food bill, I could afford to go to the Bahamas!

I was wondering if there was a certain time of the month that the Lone Star Cards were replenished each month. Is it the same time for everyone? There are times when I go grocery shopping and it seems overly crowded. I had thoughts that this might be a reason and would like to avoid shopping at this time if possible.

where I am located at now is south carolina and they did it the smart way they have a food stamp card,and a welfare card they are both seperate cards.because people complain about they don't know what the right balance is for food stamps and then welfare benifits I am about to move to texas and thats the way I would do it if I was the state it's alot easlier thanks andrea