“That’s the way the ruling class operates in any society: they try to divide the rest of the people; they keep the lower and the middle classes fighting with each other so that they — the rich — can run off with all the f*cking money. Fairly simple thing. Happens to work.” -George Carlin SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is the largest federal nutrition assistance program in the United States, helping roughly 42 million people or about 1 in 8 Americans, each year. But SNAP is more than a food