‘It Is Taxpayer Funds’: Charles Payne Details ‘Serious Abuse’ Of Food Stamps

Fox Business host Charles Payne told “America Reports” co-host Sandra Smith Tuesday the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as “food stamps,” has been an abuser of taxpayer funds.

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to disallow the use of food stamps to purchase sodas and other forms of so-called “junk food.” Payne told Smith that adding conditions about what could be purchased with funds from the government program was “fair.” (RELATED: CNN Panel Has Fiery Exchange After Scott Jennings Backs ‘Conditions’ On Wildfire Aid)

“I think it is fair to say we should determine what people can buy, particularly what people buy for their kids and you know, there is a lot that comes with people who are on food stamps for a long time and a lot of it could be because of a lower education,” Payne said. And so that…