Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins is cracking down on food stamp fraud with the toughness of a Texas rancher. The lifelong farmer turned cabinet member says SNAP has become a taxpayer-funded slush fund for lazy bureaucrats and scam artists. Her message to welfare cheats? Get a job or get lost.
Rollins grew up plowing fields in Glen Rose, Texas, where food stamps were for emergencies—not lifestyles. The Aggie grad remembers neighbors too proud to take handouts, even during drought years. Now she’s bringing that old-school work ethic to Washington, vowing to “drain the USDA swamp” of lazy fraudsters milking the system.
The plan? Mandate work requirements for all able-bodied adults without young kids. No more sitting on couches buying steak with EBT cards while hardworking families struggle with inflation. Rollins warns states against rubber-stamping applications just to boost federal payouts. She wants states fined for approving bogus claims.
Fraud isn’t the only target. The Secretary’s team found food stamps funding luxury grocery deliveries to wealthy neighborhoods. One NYC millionaire reportedly used SNAP to stock a gold-leaf cake for their poodle’s birthday. Meanwhile, rural grocery stores face closure because food stamp red tape strangles small businesses.
Rollins’ fix redirects $30 billion from bloated SNAP admin costs to drought-stricken family farms. “We’re trading EBT card abuse for real bacon,” she told reporters, referencing her plan to let farmers convert fallow fields into hog operations. Critics call it pork barrel spending—she calls it putting farmers first.
The move thrills heartland voters. Iowa soybean grower Hank Wilson says food stamp fraud stole his workers. “Kids won’t detassle corn for $25/hour when Uncle Sam pays them $30 to Netflix and chill.” Under Rollins’ rules, Wilson’s crew returned within weeks—proving conservatives right about welfare killing ambition.
Urban Democrats scream “cruelty,” but Rollins fires back: “Feeding dependency isn’t compassion.” She notes food stamp use dropped 40% under Trump’s work rules before Biden erased them. Now she’s making those rules permanent—plus drug testing recipients and banning junk food purchases with taxpayer cash.
This Texas bulldog won’t back down. Every fake EBT card she cancels becomes fertilizer credits for struggling ranchers. Every work requirement slashes the welfare rolls. And every liberal tear? Just irrigation for the farms feeding America. Secretary Rollins’ message rings clear: earn your bread or watch it disappear.
