Adding photographs to benefits cards will cost Arizona taxpayers $6 million in year one and $4.2 million more in every subsequent year, the state’s fiscal analysts say. While conservatives who support that policy say the goal is to reduce fraud – which swallows just 1 percent of all food stamps money nationwide – any such reduction would not save Arizona a dime. Food stamps and other anti-poverty benefits are entirely federally funded, with states paying only for half the cost of administering the systems.

The fiscally responsible Republicans strike again!

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We can't even get regular driver licenses right and get them compliant with TSA, but they want to pissaway all this money on photo ID SNAP cards? This all because of a high profile SNAP fraud busts in Phoenix. Nevermind that the merchant was the one committing the fraud or that the poorz were actually victims, nevermind that the merchant was caught and prosecuted and is probably in prison right now. In the feeble minds of the valley GOP this means that the poorz are stealing from them so they must be shamed and punished.

SEE ALSO- illegal immigration is always Pedro's or Paco's fault, not their white neighbor who owns the restaurant or landscaping or construction company that hired hundreds of them…