The US Department of Agriculture has spent the past week notifying people that the country is (allegedly) overrun by individuals who are fraudulently claiming SNAP benefits, while (allegedly) driving luxury vehicles.
“In just ONE state, 14,000 individuals receiving SNAP benefits were driving LUXURY VEHICLES!” Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins posted on X last week. The official USDA account made similar claims, which were then amplified by figures like Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Rand Paul.
Those numbers are questionable at best. For one thing, the report they come from doesn’t name the state where thousands of people are allegedly buying Ferraris while using government money to buy food. For another, that report doesn’t include any explanation of its methodology.
It also doesn’t define “LUXURY VEHICLE”
The banged up crossover SUV that came with CarPlay and OnStar so your insurance and the government can track your every move could be considered a LUXURY because CONNECTIVITY
Guys, poor people are forced to buy the only things we’ll sell to them. How come they never try not being poor? Lazy!
I have a 2008 Infiniti. It’s a luxury vehicle that I paid $5k for and runs like it’s been smoking cigarettes the past 20 years.
My uncle bought a Rolls Royce for $14k CDN. It’s a 1989 Rolls, but it’s still a “luxury” vehicle.
I’ve known several people with a habit of buying old Volvos. Probably a luxury car …… but like 20 years old