Tom Blumer shows that states have recently been significantly liberalizing their rules for handing out food stamps. His article reminded me of a conversation I happened to overhear last week.

A young man, a few years out of college, was proudly recalling the abundance of food stamps he was able to collect during his college years. Inspired by this gift that kept on coming, he organized “cook-outs” for which he charged attendees a fee. One participant in this conversation remarked, evidently admiringly, on the former student’s “entrepreneurialism” and success in using the stamps to “score twice” or “double-dip.”

These folks’ moral acuity aside, I have no idea if there are many such food stamp scams on campuses — and certainly hope I’m not putting similarly ”enterprising” students onto scamming. I only relate the tale in case some taxpayers might care to find out how at least one student misused their largesse.