There has been a lot of talk and debate about whether safety net programs have been getting preyed on by fraudulent bad actors. Sen. John Fetterman and a host of other representatives have sponsored two bills in response that could bring yet another evolution to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.
The rebrand came in the tail end of the George W. Bush presidency on Oct. 1, 2008, after the administration found that the term had long gained negative connotations and had evolved into a stamp of shame. That also marked the shift from actual physical paper stamps to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, which essentially made the literal term “stamp” obsolete.
